La Crosse nearing 30% vaccinated from COVID-19, while cases soar in MN, compared to Wisconsin, Iowa

La Crosse County is nearing 30 percent fully vaccinated — 27.7 percent to be exact. The county is about 3.5 percent better than the statewide total.

La Crosse has seen 43.7 percent of its residents get the first shot — five percent better than the statewide percentage. The county reported no COVID-19 cases Monday and is averaging 6.7 cases a day the past week.

While Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa have drastically different numbers of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths per day, the three states are fairly even on vaccinations.

Here’s how they compare with the vaccine:

VACCINE	1st shot	%	Inoculated	%
Wisconsin	2,175,782	37.4	1,423,723	24.5
Minnesota	2,084,627	37.0	1,420,328	25.2
Iowa	1,174,129	37.2	781,224	24.8

Here’s how they compare with cases, hospitalizations and deaths per day the past week:

AVG.	Cases	Deaths	Hospital
Wis.	789	5.7	54
Minn.	2,348	10.6	98
Iowa	568	5.0	42