March 11: Weekly Driftless Region COVID-19 update
Editors note: this story is updated as of Tuesday, Mar. 9, in the COVID variants section to reflect growth in numbers.
DRIFTLESS - Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 564,268 on Monday, Mar. 1 to 566,871 on Monday, Mar. 8. That is a statewide increase of 2,603 cases. The number of deaths increased from 6,412 to 6,481, an additional 69 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS).
Wisconsin continues to be a national leader in COVID-19 vaccine administration. As of March 5:
• 1.6 million doses administered
• 9.8 percent of Wisconsin’s population (over 572,000) has completed their series
• 59.8 percent of people age 65 or older (over 600,000) have received their first dose