Updated COVID-19 Numbers: Thursday, January 21
January 21, 2021
Health officials also reported 32 news deaths bringing the death total to 6,011 in Minnesota.
According to the Minnesota Department of Health website, 6,247,442 tests have been completed to date.
There are 433,722 patients who no longer require isolation.
So far, 23,676 patients have required hospitalization and 4,926 cases have been hospitalized in ICU.
Below are the most recent COVID-19 cases by county in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan:
Carlton: 2,822 – 43 deaths
Cook: 115
Koochiching: 599 – 10 deaths
Ashland: 1,110 – 16 deaths
Bayfield: 1,012 – 18 deaths
Douglas: 3,460 – 18 deaths
Iron: 451 – 19 deaths
Gogebic: 797 – 15 deaths
As of Thursday afternoon, Wisconsin health officials reported 528,101 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services also reported 5,607 deaths.
Douglas County reported 17 new cases.
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A model of the novel coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China in late 2019. U.S. health officials have stated that COVID-19 is expected to become a significant public health concern in the United States. (Illustration courtesy of Centers for Disease Control)
An additional 70 Northwestern Wisconsin residents tested positive for COVID-19, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported Thursday, Jan. 21.
The new cases were reported as follows: 17 in Douglas County; 15 in Price County; nine in Ashland; eight in Washburn County; seven in Bayfield County; four each in Rusk and Taylor counties; and three each in Burnett and Sawyer counties. There were no new cases reported in Iron County.
As of Tuesday, at least 5,839 people in Racine County have received at least one dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, according to data from the Department
At the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Mayor Tom Barrett said staff has completely changed the floorplan, ramping up COVID vaccinations from hundreds to thousands, focused on getting as many doses as they can.
UW Health sets up website for people interested in COVID-19 vaccine
January 19, 2021 3:48 PM Jaymes Langrehr
MADISON, Wis. As Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services opens up vaccinations for COVID-19 to people aged 65 and older next week, UW Health is urging its interested patients to let them know they want to be vaccinated.
In the coming weeks, UW Health says it will contact its patients who qualify with an invitation to get vaccinated. In the meantime, UW Health says interested people can also log on to uwhealth.org/vaccine for information related to the vaccination process and to let them know of their interest in being vaccinated. They say filling out the interest form does not guarantee an appointment, but they may contact people on that list for same-day appointments if they become available.