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.

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.

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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: we are still waiting for updated vaccination numbers as those have not been updated as of yet. The rest (confirmed cases and deaths) are updated. When the vaccination updates are provided, we will update this post.

Barron County [pop: 45,244]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 51.0%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 48.7%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 8,599
  • Change Since Last Week: +267
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 96
  • Change Since Last Week: +3

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Burnett County [pop: 15,414]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 52.3%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 49.5%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 2,194
  • Change Since Last Week: +71
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 32
  • Change Since Last Week: 0

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Polk County [pop: 43,783]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 52.2%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 49.7%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 7,359
  • Change Since Last Week: +283
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 77
  • Change Since Last Week: +2

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Rusk County [pop: 14,178]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 39.2%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 37.6%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 2,194
  • Change Since Last Week: +44
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 35
  • Change Since Last Week: 0

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Sawyer County [pop: 16,558]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 53.9%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 51.3%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 2,557
  • Change Since Last Week: +101
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 34
  • Change Since Last Week: +1

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Washburn County [pop: 15,720]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 61.2%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 58.6%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 2,299
  • Change Since Last Week: +104
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 26
  • Change Since Last Week: 0