Following the spike in cases, Gov. Tony Evers declared a public health emergency and issued a statewide mask mandate. Republican lawmakers have since filed a lawsuit attempting to block it.
"Wisconsin is in the midst of a pandemic that is growing at a near-exponential rate," according to the governor's office.
The governor also pointed the finger at college students who have returned to campus in person this fall."College and university students are driving the increase in cases, with the highest rate of new COVID-19 cases in 18- to 24-year-olds," according to the governor's office.last week."The longer it takes for everyone to take COVID-19 seriously, the longer this virus will linger."A sign informs the public that the Neenah Public Library in Neenah, Wisc.
A sign informs the public that the Neenah Public Library in Neenah, Wisc., is closed to the public until further notice because of a spike of COVID-19 cases in the community, Oct. 5, 2020. Experts consider deaths from COVID-19 to be a lagging indictor of the outbreak's severity, meaning that since deaths trail rising infections, positivity rates and hospitalizations, deaths typically reflect long-term trends, not in-the-moment severity.
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