MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Wisconsin COVID-19 numbers are again hitting all-time highs.
The seven-day average of new cases reached 17,916, an all-time high, the Department of Health Services reported Monday. It’s driven primarily by the Omicron variant of the virus, which, while less severe, is considered far more transmissible.
Sunday’s new case total was listed as 35,746, though DHS warned that number could be artificially high with a backlog of reports from local health departments being logged through a new process.
No new deaths were reported on Sunday, with the seven-day average standing at 24.
Since the pandemic began, there have been 1,210,198 total cases and 10,540 deaths.
As of Monday, 62.8% of the state’s population had received at least one dose of vaccine and 58.8% had completed the vaccine series.
The latest seven-day average of vaccine doses administered was 14,573, of which 9,534 were additional or booster doses.
