La Crosse nearing 40% getting 1st COVID-19 vaccine shot, while Wisconsin’s over 20% fully inoculated

Nearly 40 percent of La Crosse County residents have gotten the first COVID-19 vaccination shot.

Fully inoculated in the county hit 24.2 percent on Tuesday.

Statewide, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa are all fairly even with vaccinations. Here’s a look:.

VACCINE	1st shot	%	Inoculated	%
Wisconsin	1,944,054	33.4	1,185,478	20.4
Minnesota	1,841,585	32.7	1,192,051	21.1
Iowa	1,045,966	33.2	675,229	21.4

La Crosse did add 14 cases of the virus Tuesday. The county is averaging 10.9 cases per day the past week. Last week, that average was 6.7 a day.

Case wise, Wisconsin and Iowa are doing much better than Minnesota, which has three times the cases. Wisconsin is averaging 634 cases a day the past week, Iowa’s at 584 and Minnesota is at 1,832.