DHS: COVID-19 7-day average trending down in Wisconsin
December 21, 2020 2:22 PM Site staff
Updated:
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) The 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases continues to trend downward, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
It reported the new 7-day average was 2,816 Monday. The state had 1,435 people test positive for the virus.
Eight Wisconsinites were reported to have died of the virus Monday.
La Crosse County reported 36 new COVID-19 cases and 108 negative tests Monday.
New cases include:
Three people in their 30s;
Three people in their 40s;
Eight people in their 50s;
One person in their 60s;
One person in their 70s; and,
In light of a recent downward trend of positive COVID-19 cases in Jefferson County, students in the School District of Fort Atkinson who elect to return to in-person instruction will be allowed to do so as of Jan. 5, with several operational considerations.
Students who choose to continue receiving their instruction via a remote, virtual learning platform still will be able to do so in the new concurrent, or âmirrored,â learning format.
Board of education members voted unanimously to take that action Thursday during their regular monthly meeting in the Luther Elementary board room.
The operational considerations beginning Jan. 5 are as follows:
Updated COVID-19 Numbers: Monday, December 21
December 21, 2020
Health officials also reported 22 news deaths bringing the death total to 4,872 in Minnesota.
According to the Minnesota Department of Health website, 5,232,347 tests have been completed to date.
There are 373,301 patients who no longer require isolation.
So far, 20,629 patients have required hospitalization and 4,424 cases have been hospitalized in ICU.
Below are the most recent COVID-19 cases by county in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan:
Carlton: 2,499 – 33 deaths
Cook: 100
Koochiching: 531 – 8 deaths
Ten months into the COVID-19 pandemic, with Wisconsin still trying to bring down the infection rate after a massive spike in cases this fall, the need for healthcare workers has become so dire that the University of Wisconsin System is offering incentives to nursing students who step in and join the effort.
There are 4,000 nursing students across the UW system and if any of them work 50 hours in a healthcare setting between Dec. 1 and Feb. 1, they’ll receive a $500 tuition refund. That work can be in a variety of ways, as a registered nurse, certified nursing assistant (CNA) or medical assistant, and in a variety of settings, in small clinics, long-term care facilities or hospitals.