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Collaborative: La Crosse area COVID-19 case rate remains in the red
December 23, 2020 4:00 PM Site staff
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) The rate of new COVID-19 cases remains concerning, according to the Coulee COVID-19 Collaborative, which noted that this past week saw multiple clusters from work-related exposures.
The collaborative which includes the La Crosse County Health Department, Mayo Clinic Health System and Gundersen Health System tracked 384 new cases this past week and 46 were linked to a workplace outbreak.
The group recommends people stay home from work and seek out a COVID-19 test if they are feeling ill.
La Crosse County saw eight residents die of COVID-19 over the past week and the case fatality rate remains significantly higher among seniors. A total of 53 residents have died since the pandemic began.
The people who died were residents of Price and Taylor counties.
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Two Northwestern Wisconsin residents died from COVID-19, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported Wednesday, Dec. 23.
Price and Taylor counties each reported the death of one resident, respectively. Their deaths bring the total in each county to five in Price County and 14 in Taylor County.
December 24: Weekly Driftless Region COVID-19 update THIS MAP shows the num-ber of COVID-19 cases in municipalities in our re-gion as listed on the DHS website as of Monday, Dec. 21. The numbers may vary from those provided daily by the counties as the information on the DHS site can lag local information slightly.
DRIFTLESS - Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 438,895 on Monday, Dec. 14 to 458,612 on Monday, Dec. 21. That is a statewide increase of 19,717 cases. The number of deaths increased from 4,068 to 4,425, an additional 357 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
According to
News Channel 8, Gundersen Health System and Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse received their first allocation of COVID-19 vaccines Monday afternoon in LaCrosse.