COVID-19 Weekly Friday 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.

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.

Barron County [pop: 45,244]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 53.6%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 51.0%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 9,748
  • Change Since Last Week: +149
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 106
  • Change Since Last Week: +6

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Burnett County [pop: 15,414]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 54.6%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 50.9%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 2,625
  • Change Since Last Week: +64
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 35
  • Change Since Last Week: +3

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Polk County [pop: 43,783]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 54.8%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 51.8%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 8,831
  • Change Since Last Week: +319
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 92
  • Change Since Last Week: +2

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Rusk County [pop: 14,178]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 41.7%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 39.4%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 2,465
  • Change Since Last Week: +60
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 39
  • Change Since Last Week: +2

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Sawyer County [pop: 16,558]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 56.5%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 53.3%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 2,977
  • Change Since Last Week: +59
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 37
  • Change Since Last Week: +1

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Washburn County [pop: 15,720]

• One-Dose of Vaccine: 64.2%
• Completed Vaccine Series: 61.2%
• Confirmed Cases:
  • Cumulative: 2,802
  • Change Since Last Week: +50
• Confirmed Deaths:
  • Cumulative: 32
  • Change Since Last Week: +3

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