Category Archives: State Covid-19 Updates

Beginning June 5, DHS will begin accepting applications from specific types of health care service providers for funding from $110 million allotted to the state under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Reli...

Wisconsin Chief Medical Officer Doctor Ryan Westergaard says "we're by no means out of the woods"when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic. Westergaard notes that the state has a positive rate of between...

Confirmed cases: 19,400 (+438) Negative test results: 279,711 (+15,968) Patients hospitalized: 2,700 (+57) Deaths: 616 (+9)

Confirmed cases: 18,917 (+374) Negative test results: 263,743 (+10,148) Patients hospitalized: 2,643 (+40) Deaths: 607 (+12)

Wisconsin-contracted laboratories set a new record with 10-thousand-626 people tested for COVID-19 Thursday. That was the second straight day more than 10,000 people were checked. The Wisconsin Depart...

Today the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced $10 million in funding for health care providers serving the state's most underserved populations. The funds, provided through the fed...

Gov. Tony Evers today announced the launch of the "Routes to Recovery: Local Government Aid Grants" program, a $200 million effort aimed at helping local leaders address some of their most urgent and ...

The Wisconsin Coalition Against Homelessness says it has a plan to spend 70 million dollars to help find jobs and homes for the people it works with. Coalition leaders say the coronavirus pandemic cou...

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is "well on the way" to achieving its goal of testing every resident and staff member in long-term care facilities for COVID-19 in May. D-H-S Deputy Secreta...

Whether by court decisions or expiring stay-at-home orders, Wisconsin residents are seeing more business restrictions ease as the pandemic continues. A leading nonprofit group hopes that, as people le...