COVID-19 Semi-Weekly Update: Friday, August 13th, 2021

Semi-Weekly COVID-19 update for Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, and Washburn counties.

Note: The information and data below come directly from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. DrydenWire publishes semi-weekly updates on Monday and Friday.

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

Wisconsin

DrydenWire Coverage Area

Editor's Note: Numbers in parenthesis represent the changes since Monday.

Area Summary

6 County Coverage Area [pop: 150,897]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 71,036 (+599)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 67,243 (+341)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 17,126 (+169)
• Cumulative Deaths: 244 (+1)

County Summary

Barron County [pop: 45,244]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 20,829 (+174)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 19,774 (+114)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 6,014 (+43)
• Cumulative Deaths: 85

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Burnett County [pop: 15,414]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 7,435 (+79)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 7,035 (+41)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 1,502 (+16)
• Cumulative Deaths: 27

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Polk County [pop: 43,783]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 20,865 (+212)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 19,684 (+107)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 4,807 (+70)
• Cumulative Deaths: 58 (+1)

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Rusk County [pop: 14,178]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 4,877 (+29)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 4,568 (+16)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 1,444 (+18)
• Cumulative Deaths: 25

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Sawyer County [pop: 16,558]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 8,236 (+64)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 7,778 (+35)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 1,819 (+15)
• Cumulative Deaths: 27

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Washburn County [pop: 15,720]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 8,794 (+41)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 8,404 (+28)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 1,540 (+7)
• Cumulative Deaths: 22