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WI Confirms New Variant, Hospitalizations Up

WI Confirms New Variant, Hospitalizations Up

Wisconsin ended last week with over 14 hundred people in the hospital with the coronavirus.

The state’s Hospital Association says just over 14-hundred people are hospitalized with the virus. There are just under 400 people in ICUs across the state with the virus as well. The Hospital Association says there are just 41 ICU beds that are immediately available across the state. The Hospital Association does not track how many people are hospitalized with the virus as opposed to those who are hospitalized because of it. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Add Wisconsin to the list of states with a confirmed case of the omicron variant. 

Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services confirmed the case on Saturday. DHS says someone at a wedding in Milwaukee County brought the omicron variant back to this country late last month, and spread it to other guests. So far, five cases have been confirmed. Each one of the people who tested positive for the new variant was vaccinated and had their booster, all of them are reporting just minor symptoms.

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