No new surge of COVID-19 appears for now in data from the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
The county’s Coronavirus Dashboard clearly displays a relatively flat level of active cases over about the past 8 weeks or so, dating back to February 15th when 177 active cases were recorded. That’s coming off a high of 2,634 cases on November 24th last year. Since mid February, active cases have dipped as low as 131, and rose as high as 198 last Thursday, but those are the exception.
Today (Tuesday) 179 active cases of COVID-19 were reported by the County DPH. The 11 new cases put the running total at 13,462, but 23 recoveries dropped the active case count by 12. Three persons in the county are hospitalized, two fewer than on Monday.
A total of 586,632 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Wisconsin after the addition of 922 new cases on Tuesday. There were 10 deaths due to the coronavirus, putting that toll at 6,690. 70 persons had to be admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours, and after accounting for deaths and discharges the state’s COVID patient population rose 13 to 317. 76 of those are in ICU beds, and 382 of the state’s ventilators are in use. 19 more patients are awaiting test results.
——-J&J VACCINATIONS PAUSED——
Following the issuance of a joint statement by the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration concerning complications that appear connected to the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, the State DHS has instructed vaccine providers to stop administering that vaccine. The CDC and FDA are investigating six incidents of a rare and severe type of blood clot in individuals after receiving the J&J vaccine. The clot, called a “cerebral venous sinus thrombosis”, or CVST, was seen in six women between the ages of 18 and 48, and symptoms occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination. The 6 in over 6.8 million that have received the vaccine constitute a nearly immeasurable percentage, but the agencies are applying “an abundance of caution” and are recommending a pause until a review is complete.
The County DPH pointed out that such quick action show that the vaccine safety monitoring systems that are in place do work, and they recommend that anyone who experiences an adverse reaction should report it on the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, or VAERS. https://vaers.hhs.gov/
Smart phone users can also sign up for V-Safe for health monitoring after receiving the shot. https://vsafe.cdc.gov/
Symptoms of CVST can include severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain, or shortness of breath within three weeks after vaccination.
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