Three More Deaths Associated To COVID Reported In FDL County

According to the CDC, Fond du Lac County is now listed as having “Substantial” community transmission of COVID-19 as the delta variant continues to spread.

Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller tells KFIZ News that despite the surge in cases – hospitalizations and deaths in the county remain low, and its important to continue getting unvaccinated people to take the vaccine to keep those numbers low.

“The majority of people that end up in the hospital are unvaccinated individuals. The majority of our cases coming in are unvaccinated individuals. And if the whole point of wearing a mask in a fully vaccinated person is to protect an unvaccinated individual, well then the goal here is to get more people fully vaccinated so then we have even less of a chance of increasing our hospitalizations and deaths in our community.”

As of Friday afternoon, Fond du Lac County reported three new deaths to bring the county total to 133 since the start of the pandemic. There are also now three people hospitalized for COVID-19 in county hospitals.