La Crosse County adds 45 cases, while state remains at near daily records for cases, hospitalizations

The state of Wisconsin continues at near-record highs for COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations Friday,

Meanwhile, in La Crosse County state data shows the total cases at 3,245, up 45 cases from Thursday. The Coulee COVID-19 Collaborative website did not update Friday.

In Winona County, 23 more cases — the most cases over three weeks, leaving out the day Winona added 100 mostly backlogged cases that were weeks to months old. Winona’s total now 956 cases.

La Crosse has dropped down to 13th on the New York Times list for “metro areas with the greatest number of new cases, relative to their population, in the last two weeks.

Seven Wisconsin cities are on that list, including No. 2 Oshkosh-Neenah, 3. Green Bay, 4. Appleton.

In surrounding counties, Monroe added 27 cases (627 total – 161 active – two hospitalized), Winona added 23 cases (952 total – active and hospitalized unknown), Trempealeau added 20 cases (705 total – 180 active – two hospitalized), Buffalo added 15 cases (143 total – 27 active – hospitalized unknown), Vernon added eight cases (271 total – 83 active – one hospitalized) and Houston added six cases (142 cases – 17 active – one hospitalized).

STATE TOTALS
Wisconsin: 127,906 cases, 7,506 hospitalizations, 1,353 deaths
Minnesota: 101,366 cases, 7,793 hospitalizations, 2,059 deaths
Iowa: 91,482 cases, 1,377 deaths

Statewide, Wisconsin added another 2,745 cases, 97 hospitalizations and five deaths.

In the past three days, the state has had three of its four highest-ever hospitalization rates, averaging 99 a day.

Wisconsin has had over 2,000 cases eight of the past nine days and 11 times since Sept. 17. The state has averaged 2,200 cases a day over that span and has been under 1,000 cases in a day just once since Sept. 10.

In Minnesota, another 1,184 cases, 35 hospitalizations and 10 deaths. It’s the third consecutive day with double-digit deaths.

Iowa data shows another 999 cases and 11 deaths through Friday.