February 25: Weekly Driftless Region COVID-19 update
Editors note: this story is updated as of Tuesday, Feb. 23, in the COVID variants section to reflect growth in numbers.
DRIFTLESS - Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 555,708 on Monday, Feb. 15 to 559,998 on Monday, Feb. 22. That is a statewide increase of 4,290 cases. The number of deaths increased from 6,166 to 6,284, an additional 118 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The U.S. reached a grim milestone last weekend, now recording over 500,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the last year.
According to the DHS e-newsletter published on Friday, Feb. 19, in just two months Wisconsin is one of the best states in the country for administering vaccine and has achieved one million doses administered. We have also reached 40 percent of the 65 and older population who have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Gov Evers signs new bill allowing pharmacy technicians to administer COVID vaccines
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Gov Evers signs new bill allowing pharmacy technicians to administer COVID vaccines
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Gov. Evers signs bill allowing pharmacy technicians, students to administer COVID-19 vaccines
February 19, 2021 11:17 AM Logan Rude
OSHKOSH, Wis. Gov. Tony Evers on Friday signed a bill into law that will allow pharmacy technicians and students to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
The new law allows pharmacy students who have completed two years of pharmacy school to administer vaccines under the supervision of an authorized vaccinator.
“While we work to get shots in arms as soon as we have supply available, we also want to make sure we’re maximizing our capacity by expanding the number of people who can administer those doses once we have them,” Evers said. “Getting vaccine doses to folks across our state continues to be our top priority so we can recover and bounce back from this pandemic.”