New vaccinations overtake completed vaccinations

MADISON, Wisconsin (WBAY) – As of the third day of this week, more people received their first “arm injection” of a COVID-19 vaccine than those receiving their last injection.

Vaccinators reported that 4,432 more people in Wisconsin received a vaccine compared to 3,574 who completed their vaccination schedule (meaning they received one dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine or a second dose of vaccine. Pfizer or Moderna).

The State Department of Health Services (DHS) reports that 49% of Wisconsin’s population is now fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, or 2,852,120 people, of which 59.6% are adults. That’s about 51.4% of Wisconsinians who have received at least one dose of the vaccine, including 59.6% of adults.

Wisconsin is approaching the mark of 3 million people who are “shot in the arm.” If current trends hold true, we should take this step early next week.

Seventeen of the 19 counties in the WBAY observation area that we monitor have seen an increase in their population getting vaccinated, completing vaccinations, or both. The counties of Kewaunee and Sheboygan were the exceptions. Green Lake, Menominee, Waupaca and Winnebago counties registered the largest gains since Thursday’s report.

The increase in the number of people getting vaccinated coincides with an increase in the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

DHS reports that Wisconsin has recorded an average of 274 new cases of coronavirus each day over the past 7 days. Compare that to an average of 149 cases last Friday and 91 cases the week before. Testing has identified 448 new cases since the last report. This helped push the average positivity rate to 3.3% – three tenths of a percent higher than Thursday. Last year, health officials often cited 3% as the extent to which the spread of the virus is considered managed, and they are concerned about the direction in which it is moving.

Five more deaths from COVID-19 bring the toll to 7,398 since March 2020. State says 3 of them have occurred in the past month, but the state continues to average 1 death per day . The death rate is still 1.20% of all cases. None of the five deaths were in the WBAY observation area.

Thirty-seven other people have been hospitalized for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. This corresponds to our calculated average of 35 admissions per day. Including discharges and deaths, there are overall 7 more COVID-19 patients in intensive care and 5 more people hospitalized for COVID-19 care, compared to Thursday. The Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) reports that 156 people are currently hospitalized in the state, including 42 in intensive care.

Hospitals in the North East health region treat 12 people, 4 of whom are in intensive care. This is one more patient in intensive care than the day before, but overall the same number of patients. Fox Valley area hospitals reported no change in numbers on Friday, with 9 COVID-19 patients, none in intensive care.

In a health briefing Thursday afternoon, communicable disease specialist Dr Ryan Westergaard said “98.4% of cases occur in people who are not fully vaccinated.” As of January, the state had 145,759 confirmed and probable cases among those who were not fully vaccinated, compared with 2,390 confirmed or probable so-called “revolutionary” cases among those fully vaccinated. Westergaard couldn’t say how many people hospitalized for COVID-19 treatment were not fully vaccinated – or vaccinated at all – but he expected that percentage to be even higher than 98.4%, because COVID-19 vaccines reduce the severity of the virus and most “breakthrough” cases that tested positive were asymptomatic.

DHS Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said: “There isn’t a county in Wisconsin that is properly vaccinated.” A interactive map with distribution of vaccinations by municipality and postal code can be found on the DHS website.

VACCINATIONS BY COUNTY POPULATION (FRIDAY)

County (Population) (Health region)	% of population (change from previous report)	% complete of population (change from previous report)
Brown (264,542) (NE)	51.3% (+0.1)	49.3% (+0.1)
Calumet (50 089) (VF)	46.3% (+0.1)	44.4% (+0.1)
Dodge (87,839)	41.2% (+0.1)	39.4% (+0.0)
By (27,668) (NE)	66.6% (+0.1)	64.6% (+0.0)
Fond du Lac (103,403) (SE)	44.0% (+0.1)	42.2% (+0.0)
Forest (9,004)	42.3% (+0.1)	40.7% (+0.0)
Florence (4,295) (NE)	44.6% (+0.1)	43.0% (+0.1)
Lac Vert (18 913) (FV)	45.2% (+0.2)	43.5% (+0.1)
Kewaunee (20,434) (NE)	41.5% (+0.0)	40.4% (+0.0)
Manitowoc (78,981) (NE)	48.3% (+0.1)	46.3% (+0.1)
Marinette (40,350) (NE)	42.5% (+0.1)	40.7% (+0.1)
Menominee (4,556) (FV)	53.3% (+0.3)	49.6% (+0.1)
Oconto (37 930) (NE)	42.8% (+0.1)	41.4% (+0.1)
Outagamy (187 885) (VF)	51.2% (+0.1)	49.1% (+0.2)
Shawano (40 899) (VF)	37.8% (+0.1)	36.2% (+0.1)
Sheboygan (115,340) (SE)	49.7% (+0.0)	47.8% (+0.0)
Waupaca (50 990) (VF)	44.3% (+0.3)	42.7% (+0.3)
Waushara (24 443) (VF)	36.5% (+0.1)	35.2% (+0.1)
Winnebago (171 907) (VF)	49.3% (+0.2)	47.2% (+0.1)
NORTHEAST REGION (474,200) (NE)	235,997 (49.8%) (+0.1)	226,991 (47.9%) (+0.1)
FOX VALLEY AREA (549,682) (FV)	262,092 (47.7%) (+0.2)	251,278 (45.7%) (+0.1)
WISCONSIN (5,822,434)	2,990,283 (51.4%) (+0.1)	2,852,120 (49.0%) (+0.1)

Health departments and school districts are urging parents to start immunizing children 12 and older by July 27 to ensure vaccinations are fully effective on September 1, when many schools begin immunization. school year 2021-22. The Pfizer vaccine is the only vaccine to date approved for children aged 12 to 17. A second dose is needed 3 weeks later, and it takes two weeks for it to take full effect.

The Winnebago County Health Department and Oshkosh Region School District are offering a free, walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Saturday, July 24, from 9 a.m. to noon. It’s at the Time Community Theater, 445 N. Main St., during the Oshkosh Farmers Market. Anyone aged 12 and over is welcome. The clinic will also offer the Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccine for adults.

Population of Wisconsin vaccinated, by age group (and change since last report)

• 12-15: 32.0% received one dose (+0.3) / 27.8% completed (+0.2)
• 16-17: 41.5% received one dose (+0.1) / 38.0% completed (+0.1)
• 18-24: 43.8% received one dose (+0.1) / 40.3% completed (+0.1)
• 25-34: 48.4% received one dose (+0.1) / 45.5% completed (+0.1)
• 35-44: 56.3% received one dose (+0.1) / 53.5% completed (+0.1)
• 45-54: 58.5% received one dose (+0.1) / 55.9% completed (+0.1)
• 55-64: 68.8% received one dose (+0.1) / 66.3% completed (+0.1)
• 65+: 83.6% received one dose (+0.1) / 81.6% completed (+0.0)

The growing number of active cases – of people diagnosed with the coronavirus in the past 30 days – exceeds the number considered cured.

February 5, 2020 to July 23, 2021

• 616,503 confirmed cases of coronavirus
• 32,928 hospitalizations (5%)
• 7,398 deaths (1.20%)
• 3,894 still active cases (1%)
• 604,810 considered as recovered (98%)

RATE OF CASES AND DEATHS IN FRIDAY COUNTY (counties with new cases or deaths are shown in bold) **

• Brown – 32,063 cases (+12) (256 deaths)
• Calumet – 5,870 cases (+2) (51 deaths)
• Dickinson (Michigan) * – 2,427 cases (+6) (59 deaths)
• Dodge – 12,058 crates (+5) (177 deaths)
• Porte – 2,639 cases (27 deaths)
• Florence – 458 cases (+1) (13 deaths)
• Fond du Lac – 12,677 squares (+1) (130 deaths)
• Forest – 973 cases (+2) (24 deaths)
• Gogebic (Mich.) * – 1,080 cases (24 deaths)
• Lac Vert – 1,626 cases (+2) (20 deaths)
• Iron (Michigan) * – 998 cases (+2) (43 deaths)
• Kewaunee – 2,386 cases (+1) (27 deaths)
• Langlade – 2,057 cases (+1) (35 deaths)
• Manitowoc – 7,674 cases (+4) (76 deaths)
• Marinette – 4,246 cases (+1) (68 deaths)
• Menominee (Mich.) * – 1,804 cases (+1) (41 deaths) (revised deaths -1 by state)
• Menominee – 805 cases (11 deaths)
• Oconto – 4,553 cases (+0) (62 deaths)
• Outagamy – 20,933 cases (+3) (223 deaths)
• Shawano – 4,796 cases (+18) (73 deaths)
• Sheboygan – 13,951 cases (+6) (152 deaths)
• Waupaca – 4,992 cases (revised cases -1 by state) (123 deaths)
• Waushara – 2,229 cases (35 deaths)
• Winnebago – 18,456 cases (+7) (202 deaths)

* As of July 2, the Michigan Department of Health only updates information on Tuesdays and Fridays. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Wisconsin Hospital Association do not update reports on weekends.

** Cases and deaths are from state COVID-19 reports, which may differ from local health department numbers. The Wisconsin DHS reports cases of all health departments within a county, including tribal, municipal, and county health departments; county websites cannot. Additionally, public health departments update their data at different times, while DHS freezes the numbers it receives at the same time each day to compile the afternoon report.

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