This milestone comes just over six months after the Wisconsin Department of Health confirmed the state’s first case of the COVID-19.

The Department of Health Services reported 7,418 new test results, of which 621--or 8.4 percent--came back positive, according to the numbers released today.

Measuring the percentage of new cases returned in tests each day helps differentiate if increases in cases are due to greater spread or more testing, according to DHS.

DHS also listed 2 new deaths, for a total of 998 people (1.6 percent of positive cases) killed by the disease.

Of all positive cases reported since the pandemic began, 49,283, or 82 percent, are considered recovered.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services updates the statistics each day on its website around 2 p.m.

The new strain of the coronavirus causes the disease COVID-19.