A resident of Sheboygan County in their 70s has become the most recent victim of COVID-19 here, the first casualty reported by the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health since July 28th. The person is the 38th in their 70s to pass because of the coronavirus. Seventy-nine residents were 80 or older, twenty-three were in their 60s, six were in their 50s, five were in their 40s, three were in their 30s, and one was between 10 and 19 years old. 155 persons in all, or 1% of the 15,117 cases recorded here so far, have died.
Total cases rose by 35 since Monday, and with 19 recoveries, the active case count rose by 15 to 427. The County’s patient total increased by one to 16 persons hospitalized.
62,641 County residents, or 54.3%, have now received at least one dose of vaccine, while 59,392, or 51.5%, are now fully vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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