MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s downward trend in new positive COVID-19 cases is continuing, just as the first doses of vaccine were being administered to frontline healthcare workers across the state. Wisconsin reported 3,501 new positive cases and 54 deaths on Tuesday. That brings the total number of cases to 442,396 and 4,122 deaths. The seven-day average of new cases as of Tuesday was 3,421, nearly half of what it was a month ago when cases were peaking. The seven-day average remains above where it was in October and is nearly triple where it was in September. There were 36 new confirmed cases in Fond du Lac County Tuesday, bringing to 9,611 the total number of cases in the county. The number of people hospitalized in the county increased by four to 20.
