Single-digit COVID cases in La Crosse for 5th day; 15.5% of county fully inoculated

For the fifth consecutive day, La Crosse County was in single-digits for new COVID-19 cases.

Tuesday, the county added six cases and is now averaging 7.3 a day the past week.

Six days in a row in single digits hasn’t happened since June 9, when the county simply didn’t have a day of cases in double digits. The first day that happened was June 10 with 15 cases.

As for vaccines, 15.5 percent (18,327) of the county is now fully inoculated, while 25.2 percent (29,744) has gotten at least the first shot.

Here’s a look at how La Crosse compares to its bordering counties:

VACCINE	1 dose	%	Inoculated	%
La Crosse	29,774	25.2	18,327	15.5
Tremp.	7,954	26.8	4,317	14.6
Jackson	4,660	22.6	2,248	10.9
Vernon	7,103	23.0	4,544	14.8
Monroe	9,121	19.7	4,791	10.4
Buffalo	2,974	22.8	1,898	14.6
Winona	14,875	29.3	6,424	12.7
Houston	5,814	31.2	3,755	20.1
Fillmore	6,891	32.9	3,910	18.7

Statewide, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa are fairly even with full inoculations, but Iowa is over 10 percent ahead in having gotten at least the first shot:

VACCINE	1st shot	%	Inoculated	%
Wisconsin	1,273,705	21.9	721,389	12.4
Minnesota	1,265,430	22.4	729,294	12.9
Iowa	1,070,910	33.9	413,218	13.1

Here’s how the three states compare with cases, hospitalizations and deaths per day the past week versus a week ago:

WISCONSIN
CASES — NOW: 440, LAST WEEK: 392
HOSPITALIZATIONS — NOW: 48, LAST WEEK: 47
DEATHS — NOW: 4, LAST WEEK: 10

MINNESOTA
CASES — NOW: 980, LAST WEEK: 934
HOSPITALIZATIONS — NOW: 46, LAST WEEK: 36
DEATHS — NOW: 8, LAST WEEK: 9

IOWA
CASES — NOW: 460, LAST WEEK: 530
HOSPITALIZATIONS — NOW: 34, LAST WEEK: 31
DEATHS — NOW: 12, LAST WEEK: 11