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21 WI Counties Report Critically High COVID-19 Case Activity
The statewide burden has nearly tripled since Friday, with an average of nearly 3,000 cases daily.
WISCONSIN —Twenty-one Wisconsin counties have critically high COVID-19 case burdens, according to data from the state Department of Health Services.
A critically high case burden means more than 1,000 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people in a county. The first time that a Wisconsin county reached that many cases was Sept. 16, eclipsing numbers last seen in January.
The following are counties that have reached critically high case burdens.
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- Washburn County.
- Sawyer County.
- Rusk County.
- Chippewa County.
- Barron County.
- Polk County.
- Pepin County.
- Buffalo County.
- Trempealeau County.
- Richland County.
- Forest County.
- Marinette County.
- Langlade County.
- Shawano County.
- Oconto County.
- Kewaunee County.
- Waupaca County.
- Fond du Lac County.
- Green Lake County.
- Waushara County.
- Adams County.
Some 51 of Wisconsin's counties have very high case burdens, health services said.
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Wisconsin has 726,982 positive cases so far, health services data showed. The seven-day average statewide was 2,340 cases since Wednesday.
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State health officials said that vaccinations, including the booster shot, offer strong protection against COVID-19 and the delta variant.
“It’s important to remember that all the authorized COVID-19 vaccines offer strong protection after the primary series. Getting every eligible person vaccinated continues to be our most important strategy for preventing severe illness, hospitalization and death," health services medical officer Dr. Ryan Westergaard said.
State health officials recommended the Pfizer booster shot Monday for people 65 and older, residents in long term care and people aged 50 to 64 with underlying conditions.
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