Wisconsin’s COVID-19 death toll passes 1,000. Here’s a look at who is dying, and how the rate compares to other leading causes of death.

Quoted: Despite avoiding the worst-case scenarios predicted when the pandemic first hit, the number of deaths is still troubling, said University of Wisconsin-Madison epidemiologist Patrick Remington.

“It’s been hard to get the general public and even some policymakers to realize how serious a disease this is,” Remington said. “These are absolutely preventable deaths.”