Wisconsin surpasses 500,000 COVID-19 cases
January 8, 2021 2:45 PM Jourdan Vian
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) With the additional 3,474 state-wide COVID-19 cases reported Friday by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, the state has surpassed half a million cases of the coronavirus.
The new total is 502,012. DHS reported 40 additional deaths Friday, bringing the new statewide total to 5,119.
DHS asked people on its Facebook page to please take whatever steps possible to stop the spread, including staying home, practicing physical distancing and wearing a mask.
Meanwhile La Crosse saw 48 new cases. Sixty-three county residents have died of COVID-19.
New county cases include:
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Show Transcript THEIR ANSWERS. COVID VITAMIN C 9 T COVID-19 VACCINES WILL NOT GIVE YOU COVID-19 OR THE FLU. IT’S NOT A LIVE VIRUS. YOU’RE NOT BEING INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS DOCTORS FROM THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COVID-19 VACCINE ONLINE FRIDAY. THEY TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS MIGHT HAVE A SORE ARM TENDERNESS AT THE INJECTION SITE REDNESS OR SWELLING AND SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS LIKE FEVER FATIGUE MUSCLE. EXTREME PAIN AND NAU
Wisconsin surpasses 5,000 deaths from COVID-19
An additional 60 deaths were reported Wednesday, pushing the state s total number of lives lost to 5,039.
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More than 5,000 Wisconsinites have died from complications related to COVID-19, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported Wednesday, Jan. 6.
An additional 60 deaths were reported Wednesday, pushing the state s total number of lives lost to 5,039, DHS said. Overall, 1% of those who have contracted the virus have died.
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The first people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the Sokaogon Chippewa Community are just about ready to get their second doses.
Health Director Jamie Zarda says they’ve been fortunate to get enough of the Pfizer vaccine to administer doses to all the health clinic staff as well as tribal elders.
“It was so exciting to be able to get that,” said Zarda. She was one of the first to get the vaccine.
Zarda said she didn’t have any reaction to it other than a sore arm.
“We’ve had a few slight reactions like enlarged lymph nodes, dizziness, but nobody has said that they will not get the second vaccine [dose],” said Zarda.
(WAOW) Wisconsin is essentially guaranteed to surpass another grim milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic: half a million COVID-19 cases.
This brings the total of all confirmed cases in the state to 498,538. The state would have to record under 1,462 to not reach the next milestone.
Of all the cases, 461,729, or 93.4% are considered recovered.
The seven-day average for case reports is 2,490, which serves as another indication that the state is likely to surpass 500,000 cases.
The state also reports 40 deaths from COVID-19, bringing the total of those who have died from the virus to 5,079. (1% of positive cases).
As of Thursday, the seven-day average for reported COVID-19 deaths is 31.