Two more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Fond du Lac County. The Public Health Department says a 30 year old woman and a 79 year old man have died from the virus. There have been 162 COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County since the beginning of the pandemic.
The president of Fond du Lac's St. Agnes Hospital says it's been a challenge to address the recent surge in COVID-19 patients and says at least 90-percent of the COVID paitents are not vaccinated. Katherine Vergos says 30 people are hospitalized in Fond du Lac County with COVID-19. Vergos says most of the COVID-19 patients hospitalized are in ICU. Vergos says that makes it difficult to find beds for […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says the latest figures from the state when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations for children shows that more work needs to be done. According to the state Department of Health Services about 87,000 Wisconsin children have gotten at least one dose of the two-dose series, out of about 500,000 children in the state in that age group. Meanwhile, Mueller says early indications are that the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top health official says that 270 health care facilities in the state have requested staffing help and the state has asked for medical reserve teams from the federal government to provide relief. The state on Wednesday also reported three additional positive COVID-19 cases from the new omicron variant, after the first case was recorded on Saturday. Gov Tony Evers and health officials urged people to […]
The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders baseball team is sharing in nearly $3 million provided to 17 minor league teams across the state utilizing federal pandemic relief funding. State Department of Administration secretary Joel Brennan presented the Dock Spiders with a $200,000 check Tuesday to help the team recoup revenue that was lost during 2020 in the midst of the pandemic. "The minor league and sport franchises in Wisconsin are about […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer is expressing concern about a jump in the number of people hospitalized in Fond du Lac County with COVID-19. Kim Mueller says 29 people were hospitalized on Friday with the virus, the most at anytime during the pandemic. Mueller says the people who are hospitalized range in age from 30 into their 90s. Mueller says the increase in COVID patients has placed a huge […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin officials have detected the first person with the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the state. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says the man had recently traveled to South Africa, where the variant has become prevalent. Much remains unknown about the new variant, including whether it is more contagious than previous strains, whether it makes people more seriously ill, and whether it can thwart the […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Public health officials say at least five people in Northern California have contracted the omicron variant of COVID-19, and the outbreak is linked to a wedding in Wisconsin last month. The outbreak was announced Friday — just two days after the first U.S. case of the omicron variant was identified in California. Much remains unknown about the new variant, including whether it is more contagious than […]
A Fond du Lac Family Medicine physician says the initial response locally to getting children vaccinated against COVID-19 has been positive. The FDA and CDC recently approved the vaccine for kids ages 5-11. Dr. Taha El Shahat with SSM Health-FDL Regional Clinic says getting kids vaccinated helps prevent spread of the virus. Dr. El Shahat says while the risk of severe disease in kids remains comparatively small, there have been cases of a […]