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Eleven more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Fond du Lac County.  The deaths include nine men and two women.  Three people were in their 50s.  There have now been 231 COVID-19 deaths in the county since the beginning of the pandemic.   The overall number of daily positive cases has dropped significantly since the Omicron variant peaked back in January.

Friday marks the two year anniversary of the first positive cases of COVID-19 reported in Fond du Lac County.  Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says one of the first patients had been on a cruise ship in Egypt and was hospitalized.  "Looking back it seems like it took forever,  like an eternity we have been dealing with this,"  Mueller told WFDL news.  "But at the same time when I look back […]

Seven more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Fond  du Lac County.  The deaths include four men and three women ranging in age from 59 to 82.  There have now been 220 COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County since the beginning of the pandemic.  There are four people hospitalized in Fond du Lac County.  The Public Health Department says none of the people who are hospitalized are vaccinated.

Seven more deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in Fond du Lac.  The deaths include four men and three women ranging in age from 50 to 98.   There have been 213 COVID-19 deaths in the County since the beginning of the pandemic.   The total number of confirmed cases has topped 29,000 with eleven new cases on Wednesday.

More than 1,000 Wisconsin children lost a parent or caretaking grandparent to COVID-19 through the middle of last year, according to a report by the Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health.  A researcher who studies child  griuef says leaving their trauma unchecked could have drastic consequences such as depression and suicide.  Fond du Lac County Public  Health Officer Kim Mueller these children are more likely to drop out of school and become […]

The Fond du Lac County Health Department is adopting new CDC mask guidance and changing it's COVID-19 dashboard to reflect that.  Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says one of the changes involves the level of community transmission, shifting the focus from the number of daily positive cases.  "The CDC is still recommending hospitals and nursing homes follow that community transmission rate but for everybody else we can  go to this COVID-19 […]

Is omicron leading us closer to herd immunity against COVID?  The vice president of pharmacy services with SSM Health Wisconsin Region Mo Kharbat thinks so.  "From what we are seeing today it will likely lead us closer and closer to herd immunity because it spreads so fast, so many people cause infection and clear the infection and have antibodies against COVID.   So whether you gain your antibodies through vaccination or infection […]

A social worker with SSM Health Palliative Care says while end of life decisions are never easy, they are essential,  especially now during the pandemic.  Deb Toth says advance care planning is important when the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing some people to make difficult decisions about loved ones who may have been stricken by the disease.  Toth says for COVID-19 patients  it's a lot easier to have that conversation when you are feeling […]

The COVID-19  freefall of cases continues in Wisconsin a month after the Omicron variant peaked.   On January 19, the statewide seven day average of new cases hit a record high of 18, 810 per day.   A month later cases are under 1,400 per day.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says there were only 49 COVID-19 cases reported in Fond  du Lac County over the weekend.