This is a public health war being waged on two fronts, both of which we must win. First, we need to get as many people vaccinated against COVID-19 as quickly as possible; and second, we need to limit the spread of disease through the measures that should be as familiar to us by now as the Pledge of Allegiance. As the signs and posters put it: “One small ask please wear a mask” and “Do your part stay 6 feet apart.”
Make no mistake, the foe is relentless and unforgiving. Less than a year after the first death was reported in the U.S., the toll surged to a new single-day high of more than 4,000 on Tuesday. Predictions of a bleak winter are crystallizing into a bleak truth.
By Jason Taylor
IOWA - Iowa continues to have one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country.
As of Thursday morning, more than half the doses delivered to the state (54 percent) have been administered.
That compares to the national rate of only 30 percent.
New Hampshire and Connecticut as well as North and South Dakota appear to be the only states with higher vaccination rates than Iowa.
Vaccine distribution across the country also continues to lag. As of Thursday morning, 17.3 million doses have been delivered nationally. The compares with projections from Operation Warp Speed that more people - 20 million - would receive a vaccine by the end of December.
By Jason Taylor
IOWA - Iowa continues to have one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country.
As of Thursday morning, more than half the doses delivered to the state (54 percent) have been administered.
That compares to the national rate of only 30 percent.
New Hampshire and Connecticut as well as North and South Dakota appear to be the only states with higher vaccination rates than Iowa.
Vaccine distribution across the country also continues to lag. As of Thursday morning, 17.3 million doses have been delivered nationally. The compares with projections from Operation Warp Speed that more people - 20 million - would receive a vaccine by the end of December.
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Cases in Northwestern Wisconsin
A Rusk County resident died from complications related to COVID-19, DHS reported Monday.
The person s death brings the total in Rusk County since the pandemic began to 12. They were among 19 people whose deaths were reported statewide Monday, bringing the total statewide to 4,711. Overall, 1% of those who have contracted the virus have died.
A total of 30 Northwestern Wisconsin residents tested positive for COVID-19 Monday, DHS said. They were reported as follows: 13 in Douglas County; four in Ashland County; three each in Burnett and Sawyer counties; two each in Iron, Price and Rusk counties; and one in Bayfield County. No new cases were reported in Taylor or Washburn counties.