After multiple days in a row of more than 100 positive COVID-19 cases in Fond du lac County there was a much lower number on Friday. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says 32 positive cases were confirmed Friday. The day before there were 275 positive cases including more than 100 cases at the Taycheeda Women’s prison. Mueller says 109 inmates tested positive for the virus and three staff members tested positive. Meanwhile, […]
The White House Coronavirus Task Force Report says Wisconsin continues to see an "unrelenting rise in cases and test positivity." The number of COVID cases are skyrocketing and hospital beds are filling up. According to the Wisconsin Hospital Association, there are areas of the state that have few if any ICU beds immediately available and staffing shortages are becoming a major issue. I am asking for your help. I join state health and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin is reporting another day of jaw-dropping COVID-19 infection numbers. The state Department of Health Services reported a record 7,497 new confirmed cases on Thursday, obliterating the old record of 7,065 set on Saturday. The department says the disease was a factor in another 58 deaths, bringing the death toll to 2,515. Gov. Tony Evers said during a news conference that he plans to release a […]
The president of Fond du Lac’s St. Agnes Hospital says she is concerned about the strain on hospital bed capacity as we move into the flu season during the coronavirus pandemic. Hospital president Katherine Vergos says the hospital will have to be very creative in how bed capacity is managed to be able to accommodate both COVID and flu patients. "Now it is more important to ensure there are not large […]
Two more COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed in Fond du Lac County and a COVID outbreak continues at the Taycheeda Women’s prison. There are now 33 COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County following the deaths of two women ages 80 and 42. Meanwhile there were 275 new positive confirmed COVID cases in Fond du lac County Thursday. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says 75 of those cases were confirmed at the Taycheeda […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer that first small batch of a coronavirus vaccine that was expected to be received by Wisconsin counties by the end of the month has been delayed slightly. Kim Mueller says state Health Department officials said in a conference call this week that hospitals can expect to get very small doses of a vaccine closer to January. Mueller says this first vaccine will not be available […]
The executive director of the Fond du Lac Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts says a new state grant will enable the organization to continue operations during the pandemic with winter right around the corner. The Thelma has received a $137,000 COVID-19 Cultural Organization grant. Thelma executive director Jacqui Corsi says the Thelma has experienced an 80 percent loss in revenue during the pandemic. She says the grant will be used to help […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health leaders are sounding more alarms about the rapidly spreading coronavirus, urging public policy makers to come together and form a united front against the virus that shows no signs of abating. Dr. Mark Kaufman, the chief medical officer for the Wisconsin Hospital Association, said during a virtual meeting of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce on Wednesday that residents must take action to stop the spread. […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says the number of people dying from COVID-19 will continue to increase as the number of positive cases continues to rise. There are now 31 confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County after two more deaths were reported Wednesday. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the more people that get COVID, the greater chance that it’s going to affect someone that’s in that vulnerable category. […]