140 vaccine doses came close to expiring in Milwaukee; 34 wasted
140 vaccine doses came close to expiring in Milwaukee; 34 wasted
Milwaukee leaders shared new details Wednesday, March 3 about the 34 vaccine doses that expired Monday during vaccinations at the Wisconsin Center. This occurred the same day the city began ramping up vaccinations for educators, and it actually could have been a lot worse.
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee leaders shared new details Wednesday, March 3 about the 34 COVID-19 vaccine doses that expired Monday during vaccinations at the Wisconsin Center. This occurred the same day the city began ramping up vaccinations for educators, and it actually could have been a lot worse.
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March 4: Weekly Driftless Region COVID-19 update Number of UK variant cases in Wisconsin triples in the last week
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 559,998 on Monday, Feb. 22 to 564,268 on Monday, Mar. 1. That is a statewide increase of 4,270 cases. The number of deaths increased from 6,284 to 6,412, an additional 128 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS).
BREAKING NEWS: On Thursday, March 4, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced that the number of B.1.1.7 (UK variant) cases in Wisconsin had more than tripled in the last week, rising to 19. No information was given about where those cases are located in the state. Last known news was that there had been one case in the Eau Claire area, and several cases in the Milwaukee area.