MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) –The 14-day trend of positive tests for coronavirus has reached the point where it meets the requirements to reopen Wisconsin.
The state Department of Health Services has turned the light green on its “Badger Bounce Back” dashboard, meaning that there is a statistically significant downward trend of the percentage of positive tests over the past two weeks.
However, Dr. Ryan Westergaard, Chief Medical Officer of DHS’ Bureau of Communicable Diseases, said Monday that the raw number of new cases each day is still higher than officials are comfortable with.
DHS says the total number of positive tests in the state is up to 10,418, an increase of 199 since Sunday. There have been 108,033 total negative tests, an increase of 2,870 since Sunday.
There have been 409 deaths from COVID-19, an increase of nine since Sunday. DHS believes 5,176 people have recovered.
