Weekly COVID-19 Update For Area Counties

This week's COVID-19 update for Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, and Washburn counties.

Weekly COVID-19 Update For Area Counties

This week's COVID-19 update for Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, and Washburn counties. DrydenWire.com publishes this information weekly on Friday afternoons.

Editor's note: This week's update is being posted today, Thursday, as DrydenWire will be closed on Friday.

Note: We highly recommend visiting the DHS website or your local county's website and/or Facebook page for the most current data and for more information respective to your county.

Wisconsin

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The information and data below come directly from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and are meant as a snapshot-only for each county.

Barron County [pop: 45,244]
  • One-Dose of Vaccine: 53.9%
  • Completed Vaccine Series: 51.1%
  • Confirmed Cases:
    • Cumulative: 9,876
    • Change Since Last Week: +128
  • Confirmed Deaths:
    • Cumulative: 112
    • Change Since Last Week: +6

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Burnett County [pop: 15,414]
  • One-Dose of Vaccine: 54.7%
  • Completed Vaccine Series: 51.2%
  • Confirmed Cases:
    • Cumulative: 2,669
    • Change Since Last Week: +44
  • Confirmed Deaths:
    • Cumulative: 35
    • Change Since Last Week: 0

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Polk County [pop: 43,783]
  • One-Dose of Vaccine: 55.1%
  • Completed Vaccine Series: 52.0%
  • Confirmed Cases:
    • Cumulative: 8,999
    • Change Since Last Week: +168
  • Confirmed Deaths:
    • Cumulative: 93
    • Change Since Last Week: +1

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Rusk County [pop: 14,178]
  • One-Dose of Vaccine: 41.9%
  • Completed Vaccine Series: 39.5%
  • Confirmed Cases:
    • Cumulative: 2,545
    • Change Since Last Week: +80
  • Confirmed Deaths:
    • Cumulative: 41
    • Change Since Last Week: +2

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Sawyer County [pop: 16,558]
  • One-Dose of Vaccine: 56.7%
  • Completed Vaccine Series: 53.6%
  • Confirmed Cases:
    • Cumulative: 3,032
    • Change Since Last Week: +55
  • Confirmed Deaths:
    • Cumulative: 37
    • Change Since Last Week: 0

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Washburn County [pop: 15,720]
  • One-Dose of Vaccine: 64.3%
  • Completed Vaccine Series: 61.2%
  • Confirmed Cases:
    • Cumulative: 2,839
    • Change Since Last Week: +37
  • Confirmed Deaths:
    • Cumulative: 32
    • Change Since Last Week: 0

Last Update: Dec 27, 2021 7:19 am CST

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