The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) launched its new COVID-19 vaccine data page this morning. Data shown includes summary metrics for allocation, shipment, and total vaccine administered, as well as a graph displaying the number of vaccinations administered per day. DHS plans to update these visualizations at 2 p.m. every Tuesday.

As you may have noted there have not been any wrap-ups about the COVID-19 numbers recently here. Holidays make the numbers difficult to read, and between the recent Thanksgiving holiday and even more-recent Christmas, the reported numbers are confusing. There have been big dips and spikes recently and much of this simply has to do with the fact that reporting has been a little erratic.

This is one of a series of public media calls on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin. Expect this call to include information on at-home COVID-19 testing which the state is making available.

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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services today announced that as of the end of the day on Dec. 20, 2020, 84,825 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and 100,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine have been allocated to Wisconsin. 10,358 doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been administered to Wisconsin patients. 

This is this week's COVID-19 status graphic and live stream for Dunn County, WI. The live stream is from KT Gallagher, Health Services Administrator.

This week KT answers questions about antibody test accuracy and antibody responses to infection. 

Governor Evers recently announced that the state will be rolling out a contact tracing app for COVID-19 exposures, to be called WI Exposure Notification. This app uses Bluetooth connections to other cell phone users to keep track of what other app users you have been in close contact with. The application is totally voluntary and must be enabled on each cell phone individually.