Semi-Weekly Update: Friday, August 6th, 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: 70,182 (+654)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 66,774 (+380)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 16,909 (+71)
• Cumulative Deaths: 243 (+1)

County Summary

Barron County [pop: 45,244]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 20,565 (+183)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 19,630 (+121)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 5,951 (+20)
• Cumulative Deaths: 85

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Burnett County [pop: 15,414]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 7,333 (+57)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 6,981 (+40)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 1,476 (+15)
• Cumulative Deaths: 27

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Polk County [pop: 43,783]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 20,588 (+252)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 19,543 (+123)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 4,733 (+9)
• Cumulative Deaths: 57

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Rusk County [pop: 14,178]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 4,815 (+48)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 4,523 (+21)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 1,422 (+3)
• Cumulative Deaths: 25 (+1)

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Sawyer County [pop: 16,558]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 8,149 (+57)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 7,732 (+54)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 1,797 (+18)
• Cumulative Deaths: 27

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Washburn County [pop: 15,720]

• One Dose Of Vaccine: 8,732 (+57)
• Completed Vaccine Series: 8,365 (+31)
• Cumulative Confirmed Cases: 1,530 (+6)
• Cumulative Deaths: 22