DHS: 7-day average of COVID-19 case trending downward, La Crosse records 57th death
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) — Data released Wednesday by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services shows that 7-day averages of new COVID-19 cases are going down statewide.
The average Wednesday was 1,956.
The state reported 2,755 new cases of the virus Wednesday and 35 deaths. A total of 477,292 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Wisconsin and 4,818 of those Wisconsinites have died.
DHS reported that another La Crosse County resident has died of COVID-19. No information was available on the case; however, it marks the 57th resident to die of the virus since March.
In La Crosse County, there were 85 test-confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases since March to 9,994. There were 212 negative tests reported.
New cases include:
- Five people under age 9;
- Six people aged 10-19;
- Twenty-one people in their 20s;
- Eleven people in their 30s;
- Twelve people in their 40s;
- Seven people in their 50s;
- Twelve people in their 60s;
- Six people in their 70s;
- Two people in their 80s; and,
- Three people in their 90s.
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