Wisconsin Department of Health Services Has Administered More Than 10 Million Doses of COVID Vaccines

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 -- 2:01 PM

Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced that more than 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the State of Wisconsin, including over 2.5 million additional and booster doses.

More than 60% of all Wisconsinites have completed their COVID-19 vaccine series and 35% have received an additional or booster dose. Data continue to show that COVID-19 vaccines are doing their job by preventing severe illness, hospitalization, and death.

In June, people who were unvaccinated were hospitalized at a rate nearly 5 times that of people who had been vaccinated with a primary series only, and 2.5 times the rate of those who had received their primary series and booster dose.

Additionally, people who were unvaccinated died at a rate 6.4 times the rate of people who had been vaccinated with a primary series only, and 3.5 times the rate of those who had received their primary series and booster dose.

DHS continues to recommend the use of COVID-19 vaccines and boosters to prevent severe illness and death. For maximum protection, DHS urges all Wisconsinites to get a booster dose as soon as they become eligible. COVID-19 therapeutics are also effective at preventing the severity of the virus if you do test positive.

Wisconsinites continue to have a number of options for COVID-19 vaccination. To find a vaccine provider in your community, visit vaccines.gov. Options for COVID-19 vaccination will also be expanding soon. In about two weeks, this will include the recently-authorized Novavax COVID-19 vaccine.

The Novavax vaccine joins Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson as vaccines that adults 18 years and older can receive for COVID-19. The protein-based Novavax COVID-19 vaccine offers an alternative to the current mRNA, Pfizer and Moderna, and viral vector, Johnson & Johnson, vaccines.

Protein-based vaccines have been used for decades, including for influenza, hepatitis B, and shingles.

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