Department of Health Services

3,858 New COVID-19 Cases

State likely to cross 4,000 death threshold in next 24 hours.

UW Health Will Be Pfizer Vaccine Distribution Hub

The health system will distribute the first round of vaccines to frontline health care workers.

4,034 New COVID-19 Cases

State's case load falls from "critically high" to "very high."

New Mental Health Emergency Center Planned for Milwaukee County Residents

Milwaukee County and Four Local Health Systems Enter Negotiations to Develop Joint Venture

WHEDA receives $5.4 million grant from HUD to support housing for low-income homeless people with disabilities

Affordable Health Care Assistance Deadline is December 15th

3,619 New COVID-19 Cases

Rolling daily death average hits a record 51.93

DHS Launches COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard

Monitoring wastewater can help officials gauge COVID-19 activity in communities as early as a week before clinical testing

Evers Slams Paxton for Lawsuit

Texas AG “under investigation” trying to deny "the votes of the people in Wisconsin.”

Equal Rights Commission announces Municipality Equality Index score, International Human Rights Day celebration

Kenosha County Pfizer Facility To Supply Vaccines

Company’s facility in Pleasant Prairie may distribute vaccines to western U.S.

4,114 New COVID-19 Cases

State reports 214 new hospitalizations, 68 deaths.

DNR And DHS Publish 2020-2021 Fish Consumption Advisory

Choose Wisely Booklet Outlines Safe-Eating Guidelines For Fish

Evers Administration Continues Efforts to Increase Health Care Workforce

Pheasant Stocking Provides Additional Hunting Opportunities This Holiday Season

All Regions of State Will Get Vaccine

Health care workers will be first to get COVID-19 vaccine under Wisconsin’s plan.

2,155 COVID-19 Cases Reported Monday

Active hospitalizations tick upward, but still below level reported last week.

The Hating of Justice Hagedorn

As promised, he’s upholding the law as written. So why are right wingers so angry?

Wisconsin Offers Equipment to Retail Establishments to Increase People’s Ability to Safely Use FoodShare Benefits

DHS Shortens Quarantine For Some

For those exposed to someone with COVID-19 quarantine now 10 days rather than 14.

Active COVID-19 Hospitalizations Maintain Downward Trend

2,891 new cases reported Sunday.

Wisconsin Averaging Over 50 COVID-19 Deaths Per Day

30-day rolling average hits 50.27

Active Hospitalizations Lower Than They Were A Month Ago

4,847 new cases.

DHS Announces New COVID-19 Guidance on Quarantine Duration

DHS supports revised CDC guidelines to shorten quarantine for close contacts

State DNR Still Wrong on Lakeshore Golf Course

Kohler Co. plan, okayed under Gov. Walker is bad precedent and bad for environment.

4,618 New COVID-19 Cases

New hospitalizations falling while daily death average keeps rising.

Vos Pandemic Plan Sets Up Political Battle

Speaker Robin Vos releases plan and includes provisions that strip power from the governor.

41 of 72 Counties Have Critically High COVID-19 Spread

Number of new cases and hospitalizations is slowing, but deaths continue to be reported at record levels.

Both Parties Delay on Open Records

Long delays by state officials to open records requests have been the norm for the last decade.

DHS Launches New Map Visualizations Providing Additional Geographic Breakdowns for COVID-19 Case and Death Data

New geographies include municipalities, zip codes, and school district boundaries

Assembly GOP Unveils Tough Pandemic Plan

Republicans would make state employees work in offices, force teachers into classrooms, cut state aid to non-complying schools.

Record 107 COVID-19 Deaths Reported

For second straight week, first post-weekend data release has a three-digit death total.

2,524 New COVID-19 Cases

Cases and testing still falling, but hospitalizations ticking upward.

3,831 New COVID-19 Cases

Weekly trend figures for cases and hospitalizations stop sliding while testing continues to drop.

5,033 New COVID-19 Cases, Over Half of Reported Tests

Cases, testing and active hospitalizations continue to trend downward.

1,033 New COVID-19 Cases

Thanksgiving holiday causes data blip

5,095 New Cases As Hospitalizations Fall

65 of 72 counties still have "critically high" two-week case rates.

COVID-19 Testing, Cases Falling

30-day daily death average hits 46.33

Think Small on Thanksgiving, Evers Urges

Big gatherings spread COVID-19, he warns. Governor celebrating only with his wife.

Pandemic Spreads to State’s Veterans Homes

47 deaths in homes as virus spreads from surrounding communities.

UW System initiates incentives for student nurses to assist in health care crisis

Vivent Health Sponsors Town Hall with the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin on World AIDS Day

Virtual event will honor World AIDS Day and continue the conversation on how we can end the HIV epidemic

Wisconsin National Guard tops 900,000 COVID-19 tests collected; testing week shortened over Thanksgiving holiday

Family Caregivers Can Access Many Helpful Resources This Holiday Season

November is National Family Caregiver Month

Mayo Clinic Puts Hospital Beds in Garage, Lobbies as COVID-19 Surges

Its hospitals in northwestern Wisconsin at 100% capacity and overwhelmed.

Gov. Evers Announces Wisconsin has Shipped One Millionth N95 Mask through State Distribution System

3,507 New Cases, 0 Deaths Reported Sunday

Glitch? One day blip? Or the start of a new trend? Time will tell.

Rising Cases, Stress at One Hospital

As legislator leaders fail to take action, health care workers see no end in sight.

6,473 New COVID-19 Cases, 78 Deaths

Seven-day positive case rate falls from peak.

Evers Issues New COVID-19 Order

This order re-ups the statewide mask-mandate.

Gov. Evers Announces New Public Health Emergency Due to Overwhelmed Wisconsin Hospitals, Issues New Face Coverings Order

New Outpatient Treatments Could Reduce COVID-19 Hospitalizations

Outpatient clinics can provide treatments that would have required patients to stay in the hospital.

Hospital Association Wants State Action on COVID-19

Healthcare workers and hospitals straining under surge in hospitalizations.

71 of 72 Counties Have “Critically High” COVID-19 Levels

Milwaukee County now has 26th-worst all-time per-capita outbreak.

DATCP, DHS Share Tips to Help Wisconsinites Avoid Vaccine Trial Imposter Scams

Wausau Hospital Sends COVID-19 Patients Home, Saving Space for Critically Ill

Aspirus Wausau is sending COVID-19 patients home to make room for sicker patients.

Record 7,989 New Cases

283 hospitalizations, 53 deaths

Evers Extending Mask Mandate Into 2021

New order expected in coming days, despite pending legal challenges.

Contact Tracing Effort Is Far Behind

COVID-19 cases rising too fast, state would need 20-fold increase in tracers to keep up.

State Officials Prepare for COVID-19 Vaccine

Looking for facilities with ultra-cold freezers.

Vos Floats Ideas, Blasts Evers on Pandemic

Evers has asked legislators to meet since April. Vos still won't convene Legislature.

Record 92 Deaths and 318 New Hospitalizations

7,090 new cases.

Governor Evers and DHS Direct an Additional $80 Million to Support Skilled Nursing Facilities

Wisconsin Teachers’ Unions Defend Local Health Departments’ Authority and Call for Even Stronger Action!

Active COVID-19 Hospitalizations Double in 30 Days

4,389 new cases, 12 deaths.

Nursing Homes Need More Resources, AARP Says

Report documents shortages of staff and PPE supplies amid rising pandemic.

DNR To Host Online Listening Sessions Nov. 18 Regarding PFAS Investigation In Marinette, Peshtigo And Surrounding Communities

Public Encouraged To Submit Comments

High Court Reviews Evers’ Emergency Powers

6 months after killing governor’s Safer-At-Home order, state Supreme Court to rule on his mask mandate.

One in Three Wisconsin Residents Has Tested Negative For COVID-19

New active hospitalization high. Milwaukee County falls to 21st worst all-time outbreak.

Trump Rally Becomes Confrontation

Crowd resists Health Department rules, Serb Hall hit with city citations, its manager in fracas with crowd.

5,146 New Cases, 2,034 Actively Hospitalized

Record 20 patients in Alternate Care Facility

DNR Wants Johnson Controls to Test More Fish for PFAS

Some ponds have fish with levels of PFAS that would require restrictions on eating fish.

7,777 New COVID-19 Cases, Another Record High

Record daily hospitalization and death averages

Hospitals, Nursing Homes Facing Staff Shortages

When healthcare workers contract COVID-19 it exacerbates existing staff shortages.

Gov. Evers and DHS Ask Wisconsinites to Celebrate Holidays Safely

Avoiding in-person gatherings with those outside your household will slow the spread of COVID-19

Record 7,497 New COVID-19 Cases As Hospital Capacity Dwindles

58 deaths pushes 30-day average to 33.57

65 Counties Have “Critically High” COVID-19 Levels

State unveils new designation, and for the second time has a new way to say COVID-19 is at dangerous and growing levels.

DHS Adds “Critically High” Category to Disease Activity Dashboard Showing Impact of COVID-19

As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, DHS launches new features on its COVID-19 data pages

State Posts Second-Highest Totals for Cases and Hospitalizations

7,048 new cases reported Wednesday

‘This Crisis is Urgent,’ Gov. Evers Warns

State could see 5,000 deaths by January 1 if people don’t change behavior, stay at home, wear masks.

Contact Tracing Update from the Milwaukee Health Department

New Records for COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths

Over 7,000 cases, 290 hospitalizations and 60 deaths.

State Officials Prepare for COVID-19 Vaccine

Encouraging health providers to enroll in state’s vaccine program.

New Federal Grant Supports Extension and Expansion of Project Recovery

Program offers behavioral health supports

Over 2,000 People Actively Hospitalized For The First Time

State reports 4,360 new cases, 17 deaths.

DHS Launches Provider Enrollment for COVID-19 Vaccine Program

Health care providers encouraged to enroll as early as possible

Pandemic Surges as Courts Tie Evers’ Hands

Federal coronavirus task force says Wisconsin needs more comprehensive strategy.

Wisconsin Drug Take Back Collection 1st in the Country; Collects Nearly 90,000 lbs. of Unwanted Medications to Fight the Opioid Epidemic

November 9, 2020

Governor Evers, Commissioner Afable, and Secretary-Designee Palm Urge Wisconsinites to Shop for Health Plans Available during Open Enrollment

Record High Seven-Day COVID-19 Case Total

38,547 new cases in past week.

Purple Wisconsin Still Has Dark Red Legislature

Republican legislators continue to win big with minority of state's vote.

New Groundwater Standards Proposed

State officials recommend standards for 16 PFAS chemicals and 6 pesticides.

7,000 COVID-19 Cases in Single Day For First Time

Daily death total and number of active hospitalizations continue to climb to new highs.

Wisconsin Reports Over 6,000 New COVID-19 Cases for the First Time

62 deaths and 244 new hospitalizations.

1% of WI Residents Tested Positive for COVID-19 In Past Two Weeks

COVID-19 actively hospitalizations set another record high as daily death toll keeps climbing.

UW Campuses Becoming Community ‘Surge Testing’ Sites

UW-System rolling out 250,000 rapid COVID-19 tests.

Free, rapid-results COVID-19 tests available for community at UW-Milwaukee

UW System to lead massive surge testing effort for Wisconsin

Federal push is first using Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 tests

All 72 Wisconsin Counties Have “Very High” COVID-19 Case Burdens

Milwaukee County sees its case rate rise, but falls backward to 19th worst all-time outbreak.