Just Under 900 COVID-19 Patients In Wisconsin Hospitals

MILWAUKEE, WI — Some 887 Wisconsin residents were hospitalized with COVID-19, the Wisconsin Hospital Association reported Friday.

Some 281 intensive care unit patients are among those hospitalized, the association said. Some 54.8 percent of Wisconsin hospitals report their intensive care units are at full capacity, Wisconsin Department of Health Services data showed.

Approximately 70 people have died from COVID-19 in Wisconsin since Monday, state health services reported. State health services add up deaths recorded over the weekend.

Some 1,045 Wisconsinites were hospitalized with the virus in early September. This was the first time more than 1,000 hospitalizations were reported since January.

Some 91.2 percent of intensive care unit beds are in use across the state in September, health services data said.

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Wisconsin reached its lowest point in the middle of summer of 2021, with 78 hospitalizations July 9, health services data showed. They spiked again in September, reaching 1,047 on Sept. 13.

Positive COVID-19 tests also hit a low with 59 positive tests on June 26, health services data showed. Positive tests spiked in August, reaching 1,482 positive tests on Aug. 4.

Prior to the summer, infections were highest in January, with 3,800 positive COVID-19 tests on Jan. 5. Some 1,082 Wisconsinites were hospitalized on Jan. 8.

Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 remains the best tool to keep Wisconsinites and communities safe, health services spokesperson Elizabeth Goodsitt told Patch. Getting vaccinated has proved to be effective against serious illness, hospitalization and death from the disease.

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