COVID-19 Semi-Weekly Update: Friday, August 27, 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 last update on Monday.

Area Summary

6 County Coverage Area [pop: 150,897]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 72,389 (+503)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 68,577 (+469)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 17,638 (+189)
• Cumulative Deaths: 247 (+2)

County Summary

Barron County [pop: 45,244]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 21,310 (+197)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 20,188 (+139)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 6,201 (+71)
• Cumulative Deaths: 85

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Burnett County [pop: 15,414]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 7,541 (+42)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 7,145 (+43)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 1,529 (+5)
• Cumulative Deaths: 29 (+1)

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Polk County [pop: 43,783]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 21,248 (+128)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 20,098 (+165)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 4,979 (+59)
• Cumulative Deaths: 59 (+1)

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Rusk County [pop: 14,178]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 4,978 (+34)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 4,691 (+30)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 1,495 (+21)
• Cumulative Deaths: 25

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Sawyer County [pop: 16,558]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 8,371 (+45)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 7,918 (+46)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 1,855 (+22)
• Cumulative Deaths: 27

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Washburn County [pop: 15,720]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 8,941 (+57)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 8,537 (+46)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 1,579 (+11)
• Cumulative Deaths: 22