As of Monday afternoon, Wisconsin reported more than 3,400 detected infections and 154 deaths due to COVID-19.
Those numbers rise every day.
But the rate of increase seems to be slowing.
“I know it can sound discouraging to hear an increase in these numbers, but it is important to know that we have actually seen a decrease in the exponential growth. As a result of Safer-at-Home, we are flattening the curve,” said Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm.
As a part of the same virtual media briefing, Dr. Ryan Westergaard, the Chief Medical Officer of the Bureau of Communicable Diseases, said the state has made progress.
“We’ve flattened the curve, but we haven’t smashed the curve down to nothing. There are still people with the infection that we don’t know about. We need to be very careful, make sure we have all of the resources in place, so as time goes on, we can keep the curve low. We’re not out of the woods in terms of having another surge when things change in terms of our physical distancing,” Westergaard said.
Evers said he knows it’s hard for people not to be social, but his administration’s plan in working.
“I’m so thankful for you, Wisconsin, for taking Safer-at-Home seriously and continuing to protect your friends and family and yourself by following it,” he said. “I know this goes against the grain for most of us here in Wisconsin.”
There have been almost 1,000 hospitalizations for COVID-19 so far.
That’s about 30 percent of the people who have tested positive.
