The state of Wisconsin is reluctantly setting another record with 950 patients currently hospitalized for treatment of COVID-19.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services also reported 1,956 additional positive test results Monday.
The increasing need for extended hospital treatment is said to be overwhelming state health care resources – especially in northeastern and central Wisconsin. Public health officials reported nine more deaths Monday.
There were 240 people being treated in intensive care units statewide – that’s a record – and the state’s seven-day average of new daily confirmed cases has reached 2,547 – a record number at a time there is no letup in the surge of new cases.
Total Wisconsin COVID-19 Statistics
Positive test results: 1,956 (152,192)
Negative test results: 7,815 (1,545,692)
Patients hospitalized: 56 (8,454)
Patients in hospital now: 950
NOTE: 8,454 is the total number hospitalized since the pandemic began.
Deaths: 9 (1,474)
