MADISON, Wis. — Health care workers administered more than 57,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, bringing the state’s seven-day doses-per-day average to nearly 48,000. That comes just as state health officials confirmed the presence of a third COVID-19 variant in Wisconsin.
To date, 1,634,977 Wisconsinites have received at least one dose of vaccine, which is 28.1% of the state’s population; 948,765 Wisconsinites, roughly 16.3% of the state’s population, is now fully vaccinated.
A total of 2,595,204 doses have been administered statewide, according to data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Of those, 51,190 doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, 1,182,540 doses of Moderna’s, and 1,361,355 doses of Pfizer’s.
While the state is excelling with vaccine distribution, state health officials said Thursday they’re concerned about a possible spike in cases, including variants of COVID-19.
On Friday, health officials confirmed a third variant of the coronavirus — P.1, which originated in Brazil — has made its way to Wisconsin. There is one confirmed case of that variant. DHS data indicates there are 78 confirmed cases of the U.K. variant and two confirmed cases of the South African variant.
DHS officials confirmed a total of 434 new cases Friday, brining the state’s lifetime total to 574,870 cases. Only 6,721 of those cases, roughly 1% of total cases, are still active, according to DHS data.
The state’s seven-day average for percent positive by test rose slightly on Friday to 2.6%, up from 2.5% on Thursday.
Screenshot via the Department of Health Services website
Health officials retracted two COVID-19 related deaths Friday, bringing the state’s death toll back to 6,597 people. DHS semi-regularly retracts deaths while adjusting internal numbers.
An additional 39 people were hospitalized Friday.
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