The state of Wisconsin reported just under 3,200 new coronavirus tests on Monday, of which 296 were positive, for a positive test rate of just over nine percent. The seven-day average of new cases per day fell slightly to 268.
The seven-day positive rate, which would be less subject day to day fluctuations in testing, held at 2.7 percent for the second consecutive day.
The state reported three new deaths on Monday, increasing the total death toll to 6,601.
The seven-day average of daily deaths increased slightly from three to four.
Since March 2020, an additional 159 people have tested positive for COVID but died of other causes.
The state also reported Monday that just over 1,000,000 Wisconsin residents have completed the COVID-19 vaccination series, more than 5,700 since Sunday. More than 33,000 doses were administered in the past 24 hours. In all, more than 2.7 million vaccine doses have been administered to more than 1.7 million people.
The estimated number of active cases — diagnosed in the past 30 days — fell to just under 6,500, about 1.1 percent of the 575,989 total cases confirmed in Wisconsin.
