December 10: Weekly Driftless Area COVID-19 update
DRIFTLESS - Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 357,771 on Monday, Nov. 30 to 387,235 on Monday, Dec. 7. That is a statewide increase of 27,097 cases. The number of deaths increased from 3,313 to 3,758, an additional 425 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Vaccine expectations
According to the Tuesday issue of Up North News, with contributions from the Associated Press, state officials worked Monday to tamp down expectations that vaccines will offer a quick way out of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying most of the state’s nearly 6 million people will likely have to wait months for their first shots.