Record Set In Wisconsin, 5,262 COVID-19 Cases Reported By The WIDHS And Milwaukee Health Department Sets New Restrictions To Combat Virus Surge

City of Milwaukee Health Department issues new COVID-19 restrictions under Phase 4.2 Order to deal with the current virus pandemic surge.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 27, 2020

Under the new order, which goes into effect Thursday, October 29, 2020, public gatherings are limited to 25% of the site's capacity, or a maximum of 10 people at an indoor event and a maximum of 25 people at an outdoor event, excluding employees. Religious and political gatherings are restricted at 100 people. 

Dance floors are prohibited.

Restaurants and bars without approved COVID-19 safety plans are also required to limit both indoor and outdoor capacity to 25%.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (WIDHS) reported that, it took 7 1/2 months to reach 100,000 COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin and the cases more than doubled (206k) in just 36 days under the Republican controlled legislature and GOP with 1,852 reported deaths as a result of the COVID-19 virus in the state, which the GOP challenged every public health restriction to slow down the surge and spread of COVID-19 that Gov. Tony Evers (D) implemented by limiting indoor gatherings at restaurants, bars and etc., urged the practice of distancing and to wear a facemask.

Of the 574 COVID+ deaths in Milwaukee  County investigated, 15 had no known co-morbidities, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office reported on Thursday.

Also, U.S. hits 7-day highest of COVID-19 case, since the pandemic began.

Health experts say, the resurgence of cases that they have warned would strike in the fall and in the winter months of 2020-2021 could be worse than the U.S. has seen so far.