Month: March 2020

Wisconsin has not been reporting how many COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized, but a state health leader said Tuesday that she has not heard concerns about hospitals being near capacity at this point.   Wisconsin Department of Health Services Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said the state was working to update its data system to collect hospitalization numbers and report those “in days to come.”   Gov. Tony Evers announced on […]

There is  community spread of the coronavirus in Fond du Lac County.  Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says two more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Fond du Lac County Tuesday.  Mueller says there is no connection to another positive case so "these are our first two cases of community spread."    Mueller says that doesn’t come as a surprise.   "We anticipated that there is community spread […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has asked President Donald Trump to issue a major disaster declaration for the state of Wisconsin due to the coronavirus pandemic. The request Tuesday came as state unemployment claims hit a daily high. Also, the state's health secretary warned lawmakers that Medicaid enrollments were going to increase dramatically. Evers said he hoped the declaration would allow the state to access critical programs to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's chief medical officer for communicable diseases says that efforts to stay at home are helping to slow the growth of cases of the coronavirus in the state. Dr. Ryan Westergaard during a conference call Monday that “What we're doing is working.” He said the state is seeing a slowing in the increase in cases, but the next two weeks will be critical. As of Monday, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers and state health leaders say Wisconsin is preparing to open field hospitals in anticipation of a surge in COVID-19 patients, as the number of cases is expected to peak in a week or more. Evers said Monday that, “We are headed into the worst of this.” There have been more than 1,200 confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in the state as of Monday, […]