Wisconsin's COVID-19 Deaths Pass 8,000

WISCONSIN — Wisconsin surpassed 8,000 COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, according to data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

Health services reported 8,009 deaths Friday. The state averaged 15 deaths per week in September, adding up to more than 300 deaths that month.

Some 152 Wisconsinites have died of COVID-19 out of every 100,000 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Thirteen states have lower death rates than Wisconsin, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.

People 80 to 89 made up a third of COVID-19 or coronavirus-related deaths in the state, health services data said. People 70 to 79 made up almost a quarter of total deaths.

Long-term care facilities accounted for 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths by group house setting, health services data showed. Nearly a third of deaths occurred in an unknown group housing setting, and 27 percent of deaths occurred in nongroup housing.

Settings were unknown if patients didn't completed information on the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System.

State health services said people 65 and older and people in long-term care should get the Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot if they have completed the Pfizer vaccine series.

Wisconsin also surpassed 700,000 total COVID-19 hospitalizations as of Sept. 23 since the pandemic started. Some 81 intensive care unit beds are immediately available in the state, the Wisconsin Hospital Association reported.

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