Created: December 18, 2020 01:43 PM
Friday, Wisconsin health officials announced 60 new deaths related to COVID-19, moving the state s total to 4,315 deaths since the pandemic began.
Additionally, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) reported 145 new hospitalizations, moving the total number of hospitalizations during the pandemic to 19,930.
A total of 451,676 positive cases of COVID-19 have now been confirmed in Wisconsin, with 3,235 new cases reported Friday.
USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin will provide a daily update on COVID-19 cases in central Wisconsin, including confirmed test results, new cases, deaths, negative test results and recovered patients, when available. The following information was provided Thursday afternoon by local health departments and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
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Evers, Wisconsin officials ask for more COVID-19 vaccine
December 18, 2020 2:09 PM Site staff
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MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) Gov. Tony Evers and state health officials Friday called on the federal government to allocate more Pfizer vaccine to the state after being informed the state will receive viewer doses than originally planned.
The federal government informed the Wisconsin Department of Health Services that the state will only receive 35,100 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine released by Pfizer, which is less than expected after the initial doses allocated this week were set at 49,725.
“This is unacceptable. Wisconsin citizens deserve the vaccine the federal government promised,” said Evers. “Our healthcare workers and long-term care residents need this vaccine that is ready and available. We call on the federal government to send us more vaccine without delay.”
Morrey
âThe (Wisconsin Department of Health Services) is working extremely hard in a very challenging time to get the vaccine out across the state,â Dr. Michael Morrey of Mayo Clinic Health System said during a press conference Friday, co-helmed by Dr. Raj Naik of Gundersen Health System.
Raj Naik
Both staffing and information systems have complicated vaccine distribution to all areas of the state, issues which DHS is working âexpeditiouslyâ on, says Morrey, who expects an update within the next couple days. As for when the vaccine may arrive locally, Morrey says, âI suspect it will be very soon.â
The hold up, Naik says, should not be interpreted as an issue of safety or reason for distrust, noting the process as a whole, from application to procurement to administration of the vaccine, âis going to be the largest public health endeavor in our lifetimes.this is extraordinarily complex and there will be challenges ahead.â
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