WISCONSIN (NBC 26) — State health officials said 402 out of 2,672 COVID-19 tests returned positive Saturday afternoon.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) said 14 more people have died in relation to COVID-19, bringing the state total to 6,576 people to have died from the virus.
According to the DHS, there are a recorded 6,279 active cases across Wisconsin.
Almost 500 more people have since recovered from the virus, for a total of 558,998 people to have recovered since the start of the pandemic.
The DHS said 840,920 people in Wisconsin have both doses of the vaccine. Announced earlier this week, new groups eligible to receive the vaccine as of Monday, March 22. You can check if you're eligible on the DHS website.
Hospitalizations increased by 48, bringing the state total to 27,072 people to ever be hospitalized with the virus. The DHS reports 213 current COVID-19 patients with 64 people in ICU.