Category Archives: State Covid-19 Updates
Coronavirus Relief Bills Likely Waiting Until Next Year
A statement by incoming Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu makes it look like no legislation to deal with the coronavirus pandemic will be passed before the new year. Wednesday, LeMahieu said the S...
Dec 03, 2020
Republican Lawmakers Propose $100M Fund For Wisconsin Coronavirus Response
Republican lawmakers are proposing the creation of a 100-million-dollar fund to pay for Wisconsin's coronavirus response. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos revealed the package of legislative initiatives Tue...
Dec 02, 2020
Governor, Republican Leaders Set Up Another Meeting On COVID-19 Pandemic
Wisconsin's Democratic governor is meeting with Republican legislative leaders for the second time in less than two weeks. When Governor Tony Evers sits down with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate...
Dec 01, 2020
Wisconsin COVID-19 Statistics
Positive test results: 3,831 (384,701) Negative test results: 5,680 (2,143,790) Patients hospitalized: 117 (16,999) Deaths: 22 (3,307) Active cases: 69,894 Percent of diagnosed patients who have recov...
Nov 30, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Thanksgiving Holiday Offers No Break From COVID-19
There was no break from the COVID-19 pandemic for Thanksgiving. People still took the test, many results were positive and 62 Wisconsin patients lost their lives. The state's seven-day positivity rate...
Nov 27, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Department Of Health Services Tries To Recruit Health Care Workers
As the coronavirus pandemic overwhelms Wisconsin hospitals and the people who work there, the state is starting a campaign to recruit more health care workers. The Department of Health Services has cr...
Nov 26, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Wisconsin COVID-19 Cases on the Decline Since Saturday, Nov. 21
The number of COVID-19 infections in Wisconsin continues to tick downward. The state Department of Health Services reported 5,469 confirmed cases today (Wednesday). The number of cases has now decline...
Nov 25, 2020
Wisconsin Sets Record For Single-Day Death Total, Average Up 10-Fold
Public health officials say Wisconsin's average death toll over the last seven days is 53, two months ago that average was five-per-day. Hospitals statewide have been at about 90-to-92-percent full fo...
Nov 25, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Wisconsin Reports New Record, Over 100 COVID Deaths in One Day
For the first time, Wisconsin reported more than 100 deaths from COVID-19 in one day. The grim news comes ahead of Thanksgiving, when health experts expect gatherings to spread the coronavirus even fu...
Nov 24, 2020
Percentage Of Positive COVID-19 Cases Down Sunday, No Deaths Reported
State public health officials report the number of positive test results for COVID-19 was down Sunday. 23.5% of the nearly 15,000 tests produced a positive result. For the first time in more than a mo...
Nov 23, 2020 sergio santos / CC
