MADISON (NBC 26) -- Wisconsin reported 1,696 new cases of coronavirus Monday, a lower number than the past few days, including the record-breaking number on Saturday.
The state Department of Health Services reported 1,696 newly confirmed cases on Monday. That’s down from 1,865 on Sunday and a record 2,892 cases on Saturday. The state has now seen 134,359 cases since the pandemic began.
The DHS reported four more people have died, bringing the death toll to 1,381. As of Sunday 714 people were hospitalized, with 194 of them in intensive care, according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
About 1.6 million people have now been tested for the disease, about 27% of the state’s population.
On the same day, the city of Appleton reported its tenth COVID-19 death. The City of Appleton says the person was in their 70s and lived in the Calumet County portion of the city.
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