Month: December 2020

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has reported its lowest number of daily coronavirus cases in months after testing dropped over the Christmas holiday. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 632 people tested positive for the coronavirus and four people died from COVID-19. The tally of daily new cases has not dropped below 600 since the beginning of September, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. However, health officials also reported the […]

The Fond du Lac St. Agnes Hospital president says more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are expected to arrive soon.   Katherine Vergos says more than 900 employees received the vaccine during the first round.  Vergos says she anticipates more employees will receive the vaccine this week.

Fond du Lac County has topped 10,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases.  There were 39 new cases reported Wednesday bringing to 10,013 the total number of cases in the county.  Wisconsin health officials have confirmed hundreds of new COVID-19 cases across the state. The Department of Health Services reported 2,579 confirmed cases on Wednesday. The state has now seen 463,594 cases since the pandemic began in March. The DHS reported the disease was a factor […]

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer is reiterating her longstanding plea for residents to curb their normal Christmas and holiday plans this year.   Kim Mueller says it appears residents were heeding that advice during  Thanksgiving and need to continue to do so.  Mueller says the number of COVID cases locally has been on the decline recently, but the virus is still circulating in the community.