New COVID-19 infections decline, but deaths rise in Wisconsin

Shelley Nelson, Superior Telegram, Wis.
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Sep. 1—The number of new infections reported continued to decline across the state over the last two weeks, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported Wednesday, Aug. 31.

However, the number of people who died of complications of COVID-19 rose since Aug. 17, DHS reported.

The seven-day average of new cases in Wisconsin was 1,271 on Wednesday, down from 1,468 on Aug. 17. The figure measures the average number of new cases per day over the previous week. An decrease indicates the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the state is going down, according to DHS.

Hospitalizations as a result of COVID-19 totaled 68,076, an increase of 606 patients since Aug. 17. Patients admitted to intensive care units increased by 3 since Aug. 17 for a total of 3,795 patients treated in ICUs since the start of the pandemic.

It's unknown whether 788,119 people with confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 were ever hospitalized.

An additional 67 people died from complications related to COVID-19 statewide since Aug. 17, the data showed, bringing the total to 13,349. Among those who died were two people in Douglas County and one person each in Ashland and Price counties.

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Statewide, an additional 19,127 new cases were reported since Aug. 17. The total number of cases across the state was 1,613,591 Wednesday.

Closer to home, an additional 488 people in

Northwestern Wisconsin tested positive for COVID-19

since Aug. 17, DHS said.

They were reported as follows: 83 in Taylor County; 79 in Douglas County; 76 in Price County; 59 in Burnett County; 50 in Rusk County; 40 in Sawyer County; 39 in Washburn County; 27 in Ashland County; 25 in Bayfield County; and 10 in Iron County.

Here's the breakdown in the 10-county region:

* Total cases: 2,867

* Hospitalized: 118

* Deaths: 31

* Probable deaths: 9

* Total cases: 2,825

* Hospitalized: 171

* Deaths: 30

* Probable deaths: 12

* Total cases: 4,085

* Hospitalized: 248

* Deaths: 44

* Probable deaths: 1

* Total cases: 9,338

* Hospitalized: 323

* Deaths: 59

* Probable deaths: 24

* Total cases: 1,353

* Hospitalized: 85

* Deaths: 26

* Probable deaths: 22

* Total cases: 3,450

* Hospitalized: 266

* Deaths: 32

* Probable deaths: 3

* Total cases: 3,640

* Hospitalized: 237

* Deaths: 59

* Probable deaths: 0

* Total cases: 4,645

* Hospitalized: 223

* Deaths: 56

* Probable deaths: 7

* Total cases: 4,737

* Hospitalized: 288

* Deaths: 57

* Probable deaths: 16

* Total cases: 4,233

* Hospitalized: 248

* Deaths: 43

* Probable deaths: 4

Visit the Wisconsin Department of Health Services

COVID-19 page

for updates.