La Crosse adds 53 new COVID-19, Trempealeau reports 33rd death

Another 53 cases Monday of COVID-19 in La Crosse County.

La Crosse is averaging 43.3 cases a day the past week. A week ago, that average was 67.

No update Monday from the Coulee COVID-19 Collaborative for La Crosse County, so there’s no hospitalization data, but area Wisconsin counties did update their numbers.

Trempealeau reported its 33rd death from the virus. That’s the third death in the past five days and ninth in the past three weeks.

Here’s a look at new cases, the average the past week, total and active cases, as well as current hospitalizations in surrounding counties from over the weekend:

Here are Monday’s daily statewide stats:

Wisconsin tends to have lower numbers Sunday-Monday and play catch-up on stats thereafter. That’s why the averages below are a better gauge the numbers.

The death count is the 23rd highest in the country overall and the 32nd highest per capita at nearly 102 deaths per 100,000 people, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers.

For Minnesota, it’s only the third time since early October the state has been under 1,000 cases in a day. It had exactly 980 cases a week ago, and 988 on Dec. 28.

Iowa has now gone back-to-back days with three total deaths, and three consecutive days under 1,000 cases.

Here’s a look at the state’s averages the past seven days, compared to averages from a week ago:

WISCONSIN
CASES — NOW: 2076, LAST WEEK: 2772
HOSPITALIZATIONS — NOW: 99, LAST WEEK: 122
DEATHS — NOW: 44, LAST WEEK: 36

MINNESOTA
CASES — NOW: 1421, LAST WEEK: 1998
HOSPITALIZATIONS — NOW: 88, LAST WEEK: 91
DEATHS — NOW: 32, LAST WEEK: 38

IOWA
CASES — NOW: 1187, LAST WEEK: 1631
HOSPITALIZATIONS — NOW: 73, LAST WEEK: 85
DEATHS — NOW: 26, LAST WEEK: 21