Wisconsin Reaches Grim Milestone Regarding the Number of COVID Deaths

Thursday, December 30th, 2021 -- 2:00 PM

(WMTV) As Wisconsin reached a grim milestone in marking its 10,000th death Wednesday, state health officials confirm the highest single-day case count in the state of 2021.

The Department of Health Services notes 6,477 new cases of the coronavirus Wednesday, bringing the state’s seven-day rolling average of new cases to its highest point of the year as well. The new seven-day rolling average rose to 3,869 Wednesday.

You would have to go back to Dec. 7 of 2020 to find the last time the average was higher, which was 3,890. At the state’s current pace, it is likely to surpass one million cases overall by early next week.

The state’s COVID-19 dashboard currently indicates 979,661 cases have been reported since the start of the pandemic almost two years ago. Wednesday’s new cases brings Wisconsin just over five dozen cases short of hitting 100,000 cases total for the month of December.

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