More people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Wisconsin than have been infected, state health data shows

Good news has been hard to come by in the year that’s been the coronavirus pandemic, but with the recent approval of a third COVID-19 vaccine and an accelerated vaccination effort across the country overall, some states appear to be turning a corner. Take Wisconsin, for example, where more people have now been vaccinated against the novel disease than infected by it, state health data shows. 

For context, Wisconsin’s total population is around 5.8 million.  The majority of vaccines have been administered to residents 65 years of age and older, according to state health data. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services in a tweet noted that 1 in 3 Wisconsinites 65 and older have been vaccinated.