This is the weekly video update with Dunn County Health Administrator KT Gallagher. The county risk level continues to be high, with 44 active cases in the county, 1 currently hospitalized, and with 98% of the total cases in the county recovered from the virus.
5.9% of county residents have received both doses of vaccine, as opposed to 9.0% of state-wide residents.
This is the weekly Friday COVID-19 update with KT Gallagher, Dunn County Public Health Administrator. KT updates you on the status of the pandemic and vaccinations, and answers your questions. Note that although things are definitely moving in a good direction, the county is still in a HIGH risk level category, and it is not time yet to drop vigilance to stop the spread of this disease.
Today the Wisconsin Department of Health Services released a vaccine provider map that is intended to provide more transparency in the provision of COVID-19 vaccines in the state and to help guide people to local vaccine providers.
The Dunn County Health Department has issued a new mask advisory for the county. This is not really a change in recommendations so much as it is a reminder that despite the fact that the cases in the state and county have decreased, we are still in a pandemic and will need to remain vigilant until we reach herd immunity through vaccinations.
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced the locations of four additional community-based vaccination clinics. The vaccination clinics will be located in La Crosse County, Racine County, Marathon County, with the last clinic split between Douglas and Barron County. Locations will open within the next two months.
DHS experts will join Governor Tony Evers to answer questions about the status of COVID-19 in Wisconsin and our response, along with questions about vaccine allocation, distribution, and administration.
This is the weekly Friday update from KT Gallagher, Dunn County Health Administrator. The COVID-19 activity level in Dunn County has dropped from very high to high this week. The county currently has 66 active cases, and three people are in the hospital. 3.8% of the people in the county have completed both doses of vaccine.
Between Feb. 3 and Feb. 17 the number of new COVID-19 cases in Dunn County met the state standard for a "high" number of cases, which is a drop from the previous "very high" level.
Two additional cases of the COVID-19 virus variant that was originally found in England have been discovered in Eau Claire. This variant, called B.1.1.7, is considered to be more readily transmitted than the original virus, and is also possibly more deadly.
This week marks the launch of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program(link is external) which is a collaborative effort between the federal government and state health officials to provide free COVID-19 vaccinations at participating pharmacies.
