Two more confirmed positive tests for COVID-19 were received on Friday by the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health, raising the running total for the pandemic to 13,870. With six recoveries since Thursday, the active case count fell by 4, to 52 cases now being monitored. Hospitalizations were unchanged at 1.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services added 95 more cases, raising the running total to 611,534. 7,206 deaths have now been attributed to COVID-19 in Wisconsin, six more than on Thursday.
The Wisconsin Hospital Association reports a net drop of three in the state’s COVID patient count, which is now 143, 54 of those in ICU beds. 415 patients are now on ventilators in Wisconsin, an increase of 30 since Friday, although it was not specified of all were due to COVID-19.
47.3% of Sheboygan County’s population has received at least one dose of vaccine, amounting to 54,523 persons, 228 more than on Thursday. 49,272 persons, or 42.7%, are now fully vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, an increase of 346 since Thursday.