Wisconsin breaks down COVID-19 data into vaccines and complete vaccines

MADISON, Wisconsin (WMTV) – The Wisconsin Department of Health Services will now begin exploding the number of new COVID-19 cases in the state contracted by those who have been vaccinated compared to those who have not. The new data adds to the total figures already provided.

The agency indicated that the graphs provided now show that the recent increase in cases is largely driven by people who are not fully vaccinated. DHS Secretary Karen Timberlake also noted that the Delta variant is also pushing for new cases.

“With the Delta variant, an infected person is likely to infect about five people, who will then infect 25 people for a total of 30 cases of an infection,” he explained.

The data provided will begin in February this year, shortly after the first vaccine recipients began receiving the first dose. Until last month, DHS notes that those who were not fully vaccinated were three times more likely to become infected with coronavirus. Once infected, they are 3.7 times more likely than fully vaccinated individuals to end up in hospital.

This number increases with deaths, when an unvaccinated person is ten times more likely to die from COVID-19 than a vaccinated person.

“The data clearly show that COVID-19 vaccines continue to do their job preventing serious illness, hospitalization and death,” the agency said.

DHS defined unvaccinated individuals as those who are residents of Wisconsin without vaccination records recorded in the Wisconsin immunization record or who have not completed the two weeks following the final vaccine dose of the series.

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