Wisconsin has been seeing a steady increase in coronavirus cases.
In Northeast Wisconsin, doctors said they are keeping a close eye on those numbers.
TODAY CAME BACKPOSITVE.A WHOPPING 520NEW CASES OF THEVIRUS WEREDISCOVERED..
THEMOST IN ONE DAYSINCE MAY 30TH...AND NEARLYTWICE AS MANY ASTHEY REPORTED JUSTTHREE DAYS AGO.STATEWIDE... MORETHAN 26 THOUSANDPEOPLE HAVE TESTEDPOSITIVE FOR THEVIRUS.NBC 26'S JULIANAFALK SPOKE WITH ALOCAL PHYSICIANTODAY TO LEARNMORE ABOUT WHATHOSPITALS ARESEEEING HERE INNORTHEASTWISCONSIN.LOCAL DOCTORS AREKEEPING A CLOSE EYEON THE NUMBER OFCONFIRMEDCORONAVIRUSCASES...WE'VE SEENGROWING IN THEPAST FEW DAYS."I THINK WE'RE KIND OFKEYED INTO THE FACTTHAT WE'VE STARTEDSEEING CASES POP UPOVER OUR LAST FEWDAYS OR A WEEK NOWWHEREAS A LOT OF USHAD NOT SEEN A COVIDCASE IN SEVERALWEEKS OR ALMOST AMONTH.
WE DEFINITELYKNOW IT'S BACK."DR. BRADBURMEISTER, WITHTHE BELLIN HEALTHEMERGENCYDEPARTMENT SAYS ITCAN TAKE A WEEK TOTEN DAYS FORPEOPLE TO GET SICKENOUGH TO NEEDHOSPITAZLIZATIONAFTER THEY'REDIAGNOSED."THE NEW NUMBER OFCASES IS REALLY OUREARLIEST WARNINGSIGN OF WHAT COULDPOTENTIALLY BE TOCOME AND WE NEEDTO PREPARE FORTHINGS BASED OFFTHAT EARLIESTWARNING SIGN WEHAVE."HE SAID EARLIER THISMONTH...THE NUMBEROF TESTS COMINGBACK POSITIVE, ORPOSITIVTY RATE, WASAT LESS THAN ONEPERCENT ." AS OF TODAY AFTERA SLOW INCREASE,WE'RE UP TO 6 OUT OF100 A 6 PERCENTPOSITIVITY RATE.
SOTHAT'S A NUMBERWE'RE WATCHINGCLOSESLY TOOBECAUSE WE KNOWTHE NEW CASES ARENOT JUST BECAUSEWE'RE TESTING MOREPEOPLE."HE ENCOURAGESPEOPLE TO WEARMASKS, LIMIT THENUMBER OF PEOPLEYOU GATHER WITH,WASH YOUR HANDS,AND SOCIAL DISTANCEAS MUCH AS YOU CAN.IN GREEN BAYJULIANA FALK NBC 26.DR. BURMEISTERSAID IN HIS OPINION,IT SEEMS TO BEPEOPLE A BITYOUNGER WHO ARESPREADINGCORONAVIRUS... FOREXAMPLE, AT BARS.HE REMINDSPEOPLE TO BERESPONSIBLE INWHAT THEY'RE DOING.
Good morning, North State. Here's what you need to know to start your day on June 30.
