MADISON (WKOW) — Among a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the delta variant, Wisconsin is again hitting a grim pandemic milestone in regard to hospitalization.
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According to the Wisconsin Hospital Association’s latest update, hospitals across the state are now treating 1,045 COVID-19 patients, with 315 of them receiving treatment in ICU wards. The last time COVID-19 hospitalizations broke 1,000 was on January 13, when COVID-19 vaccinations were just starting to go into the arms of front-line employees.
Only two months ago, on July 6, Wisconsin had only 74 COVID-19 patients, which is the fewest hospitalized COVID-19 patients recorded throughout the entire pandemic. Since then, the number of patients has increased on a near-daily basis.
The record high for COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state is 2,277, recorded on November 17. At that time, Wisconsin was averaging nearly 7,877 new COVID-19 cases each day. Currently, Wisconsin is averaging 1,583 new cases a day.
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