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Wisconsin reports zero COVID-19 deaths for 2nd day in a row

Posted at 2:43 PM, Sep 07, 2020
and last updated 2020-09-07 15:43:49-04

Monday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services said this was the second day in a row no deaths related to COVID-19 were reported. There was also a decrease in overall positive cases and new hospitalizations.

State health officials reported a decline in number of returning positive test results, 10.4% out of 5,466 tests returned positive Monday. This comes a day after record high of 16.2% tests returning positive.

The DHS said there was 567 new cases of COVID-19 recorded, bringing the state total to 81,760 people who have tested positive for coronavirus. Almost 89% have since recovered from the virus with 8,096 cases still considered active.

Hospitalizations increased by 19 for a total of 6,089 people confirmed positive who have been hospitalized.

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