Coronavirus
Single-digit COVID cases in La Crosse for 5th day; 15.5% of county fully inoculated
For the fifth consecutive day, La Crosse County was in single-digits for new COVID-19 cases.
Tuesday, the county added six cases and is now averaging 7.3 a day the past week.
Six days in a row in single digits hasn’t happened since June 9, when the county simply didn’t have a day of cases in double digits. The first day that happened was June 10 with 15 cases.
As for vaccines, 15.5 percent (18,327) of the county is now fully inoculated, while 25.2 percent (29,744) has gotten at least the first shot.
Here’s a look at how La Crosse compares to its bordering counties:
| VACCINE | 1 dose | % | Inoculated | % |
| La Crosse | 29,774 | 25.2 | 18,327 | 15.5 |
| Tremp. | 7,954 | 26.8 | 4,317 | 14.6 |
| Jackson | 4,660 | 22.6 | 2,248 | 10.9 |
| Vernon | 7,103 | 23.0 | 4,544 | 14.8 |
| Monroe | 9,121 | 19.7 | 4,791 | 10.4 |
| Buffalo | 2,974 | 22.8 | 1,898 | 14.6 |
| Winona | 14,875 | 29.3 | 6,424 | 12.7 |
| Houston | 5,814 | 31.2 | 3,755 | 20.1 |
| Fillmore | 6,891 | 32.9 | 3,910 | 18.7 |
Statewide, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa are fairly even with full inoculations, but Iowa is over 10 percent ahead in having gotten at least the first shot:
| VACCINE | 1st shot | % | Inoculated | % |
| Wisconsin | 1,273,705 | 21.9 | 721,389 | 12.4 |
| Minnesota | 1,265,430 | 22.4 | 729,294 | 12.9 |
| Iowa | 1,070,910 | 33.9 | 413,218 | 13.1 |
Here’s how the three states compare with cases, hospitalizations and deaths per day the past week versus a week ago:
WISCONSIN
CASES — NOW: 440, LAST WEEK: 392
HOSPITALIZATIONS — NOW: 48, LAST WEEK: 47
DEATHS — NOW: 4, LAST WEEK: 10
MINNESOTA
CASES — NOW: 980, LAST WEEK: 934
HOSPITALIZATIONS — NOW: 46, LAST WEEK: 36
DEATHS — NOW: 8, LAST WEEK: 9
IOWA
CASES — NOW: 460, LAST WEEK: 530
HOSPITALIZATIONS — NOW: 34, LAST WEEK: 31
DEATHS — NOW: 12, LAST WEEK: 11
