MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – While Wisconsin is close to 1,000 COVID-related deaths, positive confirmed cases of the virus passed Sunday, according to Department of Health services numbers.
DHS reported two new deaths Sunday bringing the cumulative total death toll in the state to 998.
Despite total confirmed cases reaching 60,554, testing was down compared to previous days. This caused the 621 newly confirmed cases of Sunday to rank as the third lowest number of new cases confirmed in a day in the past two weeks.
The 7-day average of newly confirmed cases was also affected by the drop in testing. DHS reported that an average of 804 cases were confirmed over the past seven days, the lowest average of 7 days in two weeks.
Furthermore, the percentage dropped positively to 8.4 percent on Sunday.
Of the 7,418 people tested on Sunday, 6,797 people were negative for the virus.
DHS reports that 5,000 people in the state are now hospitalized because of the coronavirus, as 8.3 percent of those who test positive for it.
At present, 9,510 cases are still active, while 50,028 people have returned them.
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