COVID Cases and Hospitalizations Continue to Climb

Friday, September 10th, 2021 -- 10:00 AM

(Bob Hague, WRN) COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to climb in Wisconsin, even as the vaccination rate slowly inches upward.

The seven-day average of COVID-19 cases is at 1,496, according to Thursday's numbers from the state Department of Health Services. DHS also reported 32 COVID-19 deaths, bringing that seven-day average to 11.

As of Thursday afternoon, 1,071 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized, with 317 in the ICU, according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association. So far, 55.5 percent of the has gotten at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, and 52.1 percent are fully vaccinated.

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