La Crosse under 20 COVID-19 cases in a day for 3rd time this week

Another 17 cases Thursday of COVID-19 in La Crosse County.

La Crosse has been under 20 cases three times this month, all in the past five days. The county was never under 20 in January.

La Crosse is averaging 21.9 cases a day the past week. Last week, including a day with 144 cases, that average was 52. Without that 144 day, the average is 36, so the county is still 15 cases lower this week.

Here’s a look at new cases, the average cases the past week, total and active cases, as well as current hospitalizations Thursday:

Statewide, Wisconsin was over 1,000 cases for the first time in the past six days (chart at bottom of story), but the daily average is down about 300 from last week.

Minnesota has gone five consecutive days under 1,000 cases, which hasn’t happened since mid-September.

Iowa has had 89 COVID deaths in the past three days, averaging more than Wisconsin and Minnesota over the past week.

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

WISCONSIN
CASES — NOW: 879, LAST WEEK: 1230
HOSPITALIZATIONS — NOW: 73, LAST WEEK: 82
DEATHS — NOW: 21, LAST WEEK: 26

MINNESOTA
CASES — NOW: 819, LAST WEEK: 952
HOSPITALIZATIONS — NOW: 61, LAST WEEK: 63
DEATHS — NOW: 13, LAST WEEK: 16

IOWA
CASES — NOW: 671, LAST WEEK: 871
HOSPITALIZATIONS — NOW: 44, LAST WEEK: 57
DEATHS — NOW: 23, LAST WEEK: 67 (40, excluding one day the state reported 250 cases)

Here are Thursday’s new cases, hospitalizations and deaths statewide: