COVID-19 Update - Tuesday, September 1st

In order to support your families being able to take a deep breath, turn away from constant news updates, and create a new temporary normal, my office will continue posting a near-daily update on the COVID-19 public health emergency to our website and on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

It is my hope that one reliable update each day will allow you to take a deep breath, oversee all that is happening in your own life and home, and have a reliable source of news you can count on to be up to date and accurate. As always, previous updates are on our website and linked beneath the graphic below.

My greatest concerns right now are your lives and livelihoods. We are working hard to keep you and your loved ones safe, and to fight for our small businesses in an unprecedented crisis.

COVID-19 Testing Sites - Waukesha County & Milwaukee

Waukesha County

Waukesha County Public Health and the Waukesha County Office of Emergency Management are partnering with the Wisconsin National Guard to increase COVID-19 community testing.

All community test sites will be held at the Waukesha County Expo Center (1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha, WI) from 11 am until 7 pm on the following dates:

Week 1: Tuesday, September 1
Week 2: Tuesday, September 8
Week 3: Monday, September 14 & Tuesday Sept. 15th
Week 4: Monday, September 21 & Tuesday Sept. 22nd
Week 5: Monday, September 28 & Tuesday, Sept. 29th

More information can be found HERE.

Milwaukee

Bader Philanthropies COVID-19 Testing 9-1-2020.jpg Shalem Healing will be offering free drive-up and walk-up COVID-19 testing TOMORROW in the Bader Philanthropies parking lot from 4-6 p.m. Come with or without symptoms, not appointment needed.

To find more community COVID-19 testing sites, visit the Department of Health Services website HERE.

Wisconsin Applies for Federal Lost Wages Assistance Grant

The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) has submitted a grant application for Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program and is currently awaiting federal approval.

If approved, the LWA program will allow Wisconsin to fund an additional unemployment compensation benefit of $300 per week to eligible unemployment recipients. The state's maximum weekly unemployment benefit is $370. When combined with the new program, the maximum possible benefit in Wisconsin will be $670 per week, before tax withholding, and will be retroactive to the week ending August 1, 2020.

More information can be found in Governor Evers' 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.
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COVID-19 CASES

Statewide

76,584 confirmed cases (increase of 981*)

8.3% of total tests are positive (for 9/1)

5,878 hospitalizations (7.7% of cases- increase of 61)

67,902 recovered cases (88.7% of all cases)

1,183,717 negative test results (increase of 10,863)

1,130 devastating deaths (increase of 8)

14th District Counties

Milwaukee - 24,189 confirmed cases
Waukesha - 5,607 confirmed cases

*Changes over yesterday

Forward together,