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Nearly 75% of residents age 65 and older have completed the COVID-19 vaccine series, according to Wisconsin Department of Health Services data.
A little more than 760,000 residents age 65 and older are fully vaccinated.
People age 65 and older are among the most susceptible to the COVID-19 virus and made up the vast majority of the recorded deaths early in the pandemic.
Black residents continue to trail in the vaccine race, with only 13.7% fully vaccinated compared to 31.6% of white residents.
The seven-day average of COVID-19 cases continues to remain fairly steady, with the state reporting 806 cases, moving the average up slightly to 623 cases. That is up 156 from one month ago.
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MADISON, Wis. Vaccinators in Wisconsin are getting ready to start administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine again after federal regulators lifted a pause on it late last week.
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The Centers for Disease Control and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday they recommended use of the Johnson & Johnson (or Janssen) vaccine to resume. The agency concluded there is a “plausible casual relationship” between the vaccine and a rare blood clotting issue, but that that risk was low the agencie
Wisconsin COVID cases up 688, deaths up 34: DHS
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MILWAUKEE - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin rose by 688 Wednesday, April 28, for a total of 596,552, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) reported.
Officials with the DHS reported 34 new deaths Wednesday, with a total of 6,807 deaths in the state. It is the most deaths reported in a single day since 52 were reported on Feb. 25.
Of the positive cases, 29,182 have required hospitalization (4.9%), while 579,972 have recovered (97.4%), making for 8,852 active cases (1.5%).
More than 2.8 million have tested negative.
More than 3.4 million have been tested.
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The Sheboygan County Division of Public Health on Tuesday reported the most recent death, the 137th due to COVID-19, as someone in their 70s, the 30th.