Gov. Tony Evers' administration will move forward on its own with the purchase of up to 10,000 ventilators and a million protective masks after GOP lawmakers rejected the governor's plan for a more sweeping state response to COVID-19.
On March 29, the state Department of Health Services announced that there are 1,112 positive cases of COVID-19 statewide, as well as 16,550 negative tests.
Wisconsin's state and local governments could receive more than $2.2 billion from the federal government as part of the $2 trillion stimulus package recently enacted to address the economic fallout caused by the new coronavirus.
The state Department of Health Services announced March 28 that there are 989 positive cases of COVID-19 statewide, as well as 15,232 negative tests. 17 people in Wisconsin have died.
Gov. Tony Evers issued an order relaxing a range of rules governing Wisconsin’s health care workforce, in an attempt to maximize the number of doctors, nurses and physician assistants available to help during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
A federal judge ruled to dismiss a case brought by the city of Green Bay attempting to delay Wisconsin's April 7 election amid the continuing spread of COVID-19 in the state.
Eight of the state's 14 COVID-19 deaths have occurred in Milwaukee's African American community. On March 27, Gov. Tony Evers called the deaths in Milwaukee "a crisis within a crisis."
