Wisconsin Health officials say two more people are dead and 47 more have been admitted to hospitals with COVID-19.
The Department of Health Services today said over 17-hundred cases came back positive yesterday with a statewide positivity rate of just under 22-percent. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 12-hundred-and-83 Wisconsinites.
Other parts of our state are seeing the spike. Officials with the Menominee Indian tribe say emergency rooms and hospitals are being pushed past their capacity limits due to a spike in COVID-19 patients.
In a Facebook post today, officials say the virus is spreading quickly across the reservation because of more and more people gathering with others outside their household.
Tribal leaders urge people not to invite family to come over and visit, not to have Packer parties and not take a ride from anyone unless everyone in the car is wearing a mask.
