The updated Wisconsin coronavirus cases total 64,227 with 1,021 deaths. Here’s what you need to know about the WI cases and spread of COVID-19 in the state.
As the number of novel coronavirus cases increases across the U. S. and around the world, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin has reached 634,227 with 1,025 deaths in the state. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported seven new deaths and 1,021 new coronavirus cases Friday. Chicago officials reported that Wisconsin could be the next state removed from the city’s COVID-19 emergency travel order if current trends continue. In order to be taken off the list, Wisconsin needs to continue to stay below a threshold of 15 daily cases per 100,000 residents, over a seven-day period. A new Marquette University Law School polls shows a wide majority of Wisconsin residents support requiring masks to be worn in all public places as concern about the coronavirus rises. The poll released Tuesday was conducted just days after Gov. Tony Evers issued a statewide mask mandate, which took effect Aug.1. Overall,69% of respondents agreed that masks should be required in all public places. Only 43% of Republicans supported a mask mandate, compared to 93% of Democrats. Concern about the virus is at its highest level since it was first asked about in March. Republican legislative leaders who oppose the requirement, successfully sued to kill a “safer at home” order. Wisconsin and three other states were added to Chicago’s expanding COVID-19 travel quarantine list.”If Chicago thinks our people should stay home, then we better put some damn masks on and make sure that we continue to reverse the course that we’re in,” Evers said Thursday. Organizers say three workers hired to help set up the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee have tested positive for COVID-19. Daily screening for people working at the convention site, the Wisconsin Center, began last week in preparation for the Aug.17-20 convention. Organizers wanted to identify positive cases before the workers entered the venue and were around others. The center district said in a statement that staff at the Wisconsin Center “followed the guidelines set forth by our client regarding daily health screens.”The head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission is urging voters not to wait to return their ballot for the Aug.
