La Crosse adds 22 COVID cases, while rest of area adds 19 combined; 20% of LaX population has first vaccine shot

Exactly 20 percent of La Crosse County’s population has gotten the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 11.7 percent of the population is fully inoculated.

Here’s a look at how each county is doing with vaccinations:

VACCINE	1 dose	%	2 doses	%
La Crosse	23,568	20.0	13,826	11.7
Tremp.	6,202	20.9	2,927	9.9
Jackson	3,423	16.6	1,419	6.9
Vernon	23,568	18.2	23,568	9.5
Monroe	6,839	14.8	3,132	6.8
Buffalo	2,569	19.7	1,267	9.7
Winona	9,374	18.5	4,244	8.4
Houston	4,710	25.3	2,297	12.3
Fillmore	5,180	24.7	2,766	13.2

Statewide, Wisconsin and Minnesota are about even in percentages with Iowa a few percentage points behind in both first and second shots.

Here’s a look at that data:

VACCINE	1 dose	%	2 doses	%
Wisconsin	951,501	16.3	524,908	9.0
Minnesota	928,963	16.5	484,383	8.6
Iowa	350218	11.1	196084	6.2

State data also shows La Crosse added 22 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The average over the past week is 15.1 cases per day. Last week, that average was 11.0 a day.

Every other county in the area added a combined 19 cases — seven of those in Jackson County.

Here’s a look at cases, active cases and currently hospitalized in the area:

County	New	Avg.	Total	Active	Hospital
LAX	22	15.1	12,268	NA	NA
VERNON	1	1.4	1,837	36	1
TREMP.	1	0.9	3,413	38	1
MONROE	3	3.9	4,286	30	1
JACKSON	7	1.3	2,597	12	0
WINONA	2	NA	4,185	NA	NA
HOUSTON	1	NA	1,574	NA	NA
FILLMORE	4	NA	1,376	NA	NA

Statewide, Wisconsin was right with its daily average the past week in cases (545.7), hospitalizations (55.1) and deaths (16.6).

Here’s a look at Wednesday’s numbers in those categories by state:

WED.	Cases	Hospital	Deaths
Wis.	539	57	18
Minn.	788	37	17
Iowa	555	30	3