Wisconsin set a new single-day record for COVID-19-related deaths Tuesday.
The state’s death toll is at 1,508 after 34 deaths connected to the virus were reported.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reports 147 people were hospitalized and that’s nearly three times the number reported Monday.
D-H-S officials say only about 18 percent of the state’s more than 11,000 hospital beds are available right now.
For the third time in the last week, more than 3,000 people tested positive for the coronavirus.
Full Wisconsin COVID-19 Statistics
Positive test results: 3,279 (155,471)
Negative test results: 11,262 (1,556,954)
Patients hospitalized: 147 (8,601)
Deaths: 34 (1,508)
