Weekly COVID-19 Update For Area Counties

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

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.

Editor's Note: The percentage portion of this week's update is using data from yesterday, Thursday, as the Wisconsin DHS website had not updated the vaccine percentages at the time of this post.

County Summary

Barron County [pop: 45,244]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 50.4%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 48.3%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 8,010
  • Change Since Last Week: +140
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 91
  • Change Since Last Week: +1

Burnett County [pop: 15,414]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 51.7%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 49.0%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 2,009
  • Change Since Last Week: +50
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 31
  • Change Since Last Week: +2

Polk County [pop: 43,783]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 51.5%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 49.2%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 6,569
  • Change Since Last Week: +136
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 74
  • Change Since Last Week: +4

Rusk County [pop: 14,178]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 38.3%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 36.7%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 2,089
  • Change Since Last Week: +29
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 34
  • Change Since Last Week: +1

Sawyer County [pop: 16,558]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 53.3%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 51.1%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 2,297
  • Change Since Last Week: +45
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 29
  • Change Since Last Week: 0

Washburn County [pop: 15,720]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 60.3%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 57.9%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 2,057
  • Change Since Last Week: +53
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 25
  • Change Since Last Week: 0