According to the Wisconsin Hospital Association, there were 950 COVID-19 patients hospitalized yesterday - a new high for the state.
Today, the state saw a record in the daily reported COVID-19 deaths at 34.
These numbers illustrate the severity of COVID-19 in Wisconsin. Please, stay home if possible. Wear a mask in public. Avoid public gatherings and large events.
More Than 205,000 Wisconsin Households to Receive Additional October FoodShare Benefits in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
The Department of Health Services made the following announcement today:
"The public health emergency declared by Governor Tony Evers on September 22 enables the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) to once again provide additional FoodShare benefits to eligible households. These benefits will help those Wisconsin families with the costs of food for October. Also, the federal government increased the limits of how much each household can receive per person, beginning October 1.
Under the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, states with declared public health emergencies are able to provide FoodShare recipients with the maximum monthly benefit amount that is based on the number of people in their household. Wisconsin families previously received emergency benefits in March, April, May, July, August, and September. There were no emergency benefits in June because the state did not have a declared public health emergency at that time."
View the entire news release HERE.
COVID-19 Community Testing Sites
WAUKESHA COUNTY
WHAT: Drive thru COVID-19 testing
WHERE: Waukesha County Expo Center (1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha, WI)
WHEN: Tests will be administered during the following hours, or until the 300 tests per day have been administered,
Mondays & Wednesdays: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Fridays: 9 a.m. – 4p.m.
More information HERE.
MILWAUKEE COUNTY
CHANGES: Starting Monday, Oct. 12, testing will be available at Milwaukee Health Department’s Northwest Health Center, 7630 W. Mill Road, and Southside Health Center, 1639 S. 23rd St. Hours are 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Wednesdays.
A consolidated, centralized community testing location at Miller Park will begin offering COVID-19 testing Monday, Oct. 19. Hours will be Monday through Friday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
The current National Guard testing facilities located at Custer Stadium, 4300 W. Fairmount Ave., and UMOS., 2710 S. Chase Ave., will conclude testing on Saturday, Oct. 17.
Gov & DCF Announce $50 Million for Additional Child Care Counts Payments for Early Care and Education
Governor Evers and Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) Secretary Emilie Amundson announced $50 million in funding for an additional round of Child Care Counts payments for early care and education from the federal CARES Act.
The Child Care Counts: COVID-19 Supplementary Payment Program – Round 2 has identical criteria to the most recent awards. It consists of two programs targeted at the current challenges early care and education providers face.
Applications and program eligibility details will be available starting October 26, 2020, on DCF's website, with the application window closing November 6, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. Payment notifications will be issued on November 14, 2020.
More information in the full announcement HERE.
Department of Health Services Updates
For daily updated information on COVID-19 in Wisconsin, visit the DHS website HERE.
Updates on the Badger Bounce Back plan gating criteria can be found HERE.
Statewide
155,471 confirmed cases (increase of 3,279*)
22.6% of total tests are positive, by person (for 10/13)
8,601 hospitalizations (5.5% of cases- increase of 147)
123,196 recovered cases (79.3% of all cases)
1,556,954 negative test results (increase of X)
1,508 devastating deaths (increase of 34)
14th District Counties
Milwaukee - 33,048 confirmed cases
Waukesha - 9,390 confirmed cases
*Changes over yesterday
Forward together,
