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Wisconsin Attorney General Joins Letter Calling on Facebook to Take Stronger Steps to Prevent Use of Its Platforms to Spread Hate and Disinformation
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined 19 Attorneys General from across the United States in calling on Facebook to take additional steps to prevent the popular social media website from being used to spread hate and disinformation. The Attorneys General also urged Facebook to provide stronger support for users who fall victim to online intimidation and harassment on its platforms.
Read the full announcement HERE.
Child Care Op-ed — DCF Secretary Emilie Amundson
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Secretary Emilie Amundson wrote an op-ed about Wisconsin's looming childcare crisis and it's widespread impact on our communities.
Read the full op-ed HERE to learn more about this crisis and how we can support child care providers and families who need child care.
Advocate Aurora - Temporary Shortage of COVID-19 Testing
Advocate Aurora announced today that it will temporarily centralize community testing for COVID-19 at Aurora Sinai Medical Center and suspend testing prior to certain procedures starting today due to COVID-19 testing supply shortages. For more information, visit their COVID-19 resource center HERE.
To find other community testing sites near you, visit the DHS website 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
57,779 confirmed cases (increase of 839*)
4.7% of total tests are positive (for 8/6)
4,881 hospitalizations (8.4% of cases- increase of 55)
47,221 recovered cases (82% of all cases)
961,851 negative test results (increase of 16,867)
978 devastating deaths (increase of 8)
14th District Counties
Milwaukee - 20,389 confirmed cases (increase of 214) - per capita rate decreasing
Waukesha - 3,841 3,930 confirmed cases (increase of 89) - per capita rate increasing
*Changes over yesterday
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