Reminder- Get your Flu Shot
State and local health officials, hospital systems, and physician and medical groups have all began to stress the importance of flu vaccinations this year, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read a memo from Children’s Wisconsin, UW Health, BioForward, Marshfield Children’s Hospital, Wisconsin Medical Society and the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics HERE for more information.
Promising COVID-19 Trends for Milwaukee County
Dr. Ben Weston, director of Medical Services at the Milwaukee County office of Emergency Management, said on Tuesday that the county is seeing promising COVID-19 trends.
Milwaukee County has seen a downward trend in cases in Milwaukee County after seeing peaks in mid-May and mid-July.
For more information about COVID-19 cases in Milwaukee County can be found HERE.
For information about COVID-19 cases in Waukesha County, visit 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.
COVID-19 CASES
Statewide
72,260 confirmed cases (increase of 768*)
7.4% of total tests are positive (for 8/26)
5,651 hospitalizations (7.8% of cases- increase of 41)
63,730 recovered cases (88% of all cases)
1,138,581 negative test results (increase of 9,610)
1,100 devastating deaths (increase of 6)
14th District Counties
Milwaukee - 23,514 confirmed cases
Waukesha - 5,353 confirmed cases
*Changes over yesterday
Forward together,