January 28: Weekly Driftless Region COVID-19 update
DRIFTLESS - Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 522,877 on Monday, Jan. 18 to 533,917 on Monday, Jan. 25. That is a statewide increase of 11,040 cases. The number of deaths increased from 5,470 to 5,699, an additional 229 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
According to the Monday, Jan. 25 issues of
Up North News, the rolling seven-day average of daily new coronavirus cases (1,597) has declined for 13 consecutive days and is now below 1,600 for the first time since Sept. 18.
The dashboard maintained by the Wisconsin Hospital Association shows the number of COVID-19 in-patients has declined for six consecutive days. The total number of hospitalized patients on Sunday was 761, a level last seen Oct. 4
DRIFTLESS - Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 508,346 on Monday, Jan. 4 to 522,877 on Monday, Jan. 11. That is a statewide increase of 14,531 cases. The number of deaths increased from 5,162 to 5,470, an additional 308 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
January 14: Weekly Driftless Region COVID-19 update
DRIFTLESS - Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 487,938 on Monday, Jan. 4 to 508,346 on Monday, Jan. 11. That is a statewide increase of 20,408 cases. The number of deaths increased from 4,884 to 5,162, an additional 278 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced today that Police and Fire personnel will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning January 18, 2021 which begins the first step into phase 1B for Wisconsin. Wisconsin has been vaccinating the 1A population since December 14, 2020 which includes frontline health care workers and residents of long term care facilities including nursing homes and assisted living facilities. There are 1098 entities fully registered and ready to provide COVID-19 vaccines in Wisconsin. Local Health Departments (LHD) will be leading the coordination for the vaccina
Year in Review Part Two The Boscobel Dial
BOSCOBEL - This is the second installment of our 2020 Year in Review. The first installment ran last week.
JULY
Will Connely knows the ins and outs of Boscobel Bowl & Banquet, after all, he’s been cooking there since he was 21 years old. So when longtime owners Jan Richter and her brother Stacey Karsten decided to sell the popular Boscobel establishment on July 1 26 years to the day since they bought it from Quent and Gloria Hurtz, they couldn’t think of a better buyer.
“He’s been around here a longtime, he’ll be fine,” Stacey said.
January 7: Weekly Driftless Region COVID-19 update
DRIFTLESS - Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 472,153 on Monday, Dec. 28 to 487,938 on Monday, Jan. 4. That is a statewide increase of 15,785 cases. The number of deaths increased from 4,711 to 4,884, an additional 173 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Crawford Countysaw 25 new cases, increasing to 1,532. The number of deaths remained at 12.
Crawford County Public Health reports fifty-seven COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, this is half the amount of cases reported in the prior two-week period. The positivity rate is also decreased from 11.3% two weeks ago to 6.4% currently. “At the beginning of November, we were at a 22% positivity rate, we are seeing a steady decrease of cases over the last six weeks, which is great.” says Cindy Riniker, Health Officer.