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DHS: 732 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, 4 new deaths
By FOX6 News Digital Team
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MADISON, Wis. - The number of positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin rose by 732 Thursday, April 22, officials with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported, for a total of 592,994.
Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) reported four new deaths Thursday, with a total of 6,725 deaths in the state.
Of the positive cases, 28,817 have required hospitalization (4.9%), while 576,886 have recovered (97.3%), making for 9,139 active cases (1.5%).
More than 2.8 million have tested negative.
More than 3.4 million have been tested.
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Watch Live: DHS gives COVID-19 Q&A, announces use of VaccineFinder
April 22, 2021 1:16 PM Jourdan Vian
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) The Wisconsin Department of Health Services will begin using the Centers for Disease Control’s VaccineFinder tool to help people find COVID-19 vaccine in their area.
Next month, the tool, found at https://vaccinefinder.org/, will replace the DHS map of COVID-19 vaccine providers that launched in February.
“DHS is constantly evaluating different tools to make it easier to find available vaccine,” said DHS Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake. “It is critical that we streamline this process so anyone wanting a vaccination can quickly locate available vaccine in their community and get vaccinated.”
Vaccine demand varies by county; many see interest decline, availability open up
DHS: Shots won’t go unused
April 22, 2021 4:41 PM Madalyn O Neill
In the beginning, appointments filled quickly. Demand looked endless. Supply, however, was harder to come by.
“In Iowa County, every drop that we get, is going in an arm,” Iowa County Emergency Management Director Keith Hurlbert said. “We seem to have more demand than we have vaccine at this point.”
“I just know counties around us have had a tougher time lately to fill all of their slots,” he said. “It’s different. Even the county next door can have the exact opposite situation to what we have.”