Wisconsin Sets COVID-19 Record; New Cases Near 1,000 Per Day

MILWAUKEE, WI — Wisconsin recorded its highest COVID-19 single-day case count yet, with 964 new cases on Tuesday, according to Wisconsin Department of Health Services officials.

The state also saw six new COVID-19-related fatalities Tuesday, pushing the state's overall total to 826 people who died from the virus.

Wisconsin officials also reported a new record in the state's 7-day rolling average for new cases, which climbed to 764 on Tuesday.

The 7-day rolling average for COVID-19-related deaths fell to 3.0.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said during a Tuesday media briefing that he does not foresee a statewide mandate preventing children from going back to school in-person in fall, citing the litany of legal challenges that went against his administration earlier in 2020.

"I would be prepared to send your children to school," he said.

New York State made Wisconsin one of 22 states that appears on their quarantine list on Tuesday. Now, if a person from Wisconsin wants to travel to New York, they have to quarantine for 14 days.

"My goal is to get off New York's list," Evers said. "The sooner people work together to make sure they're wearing a mask, then we can get off their list."

In a media briefing on Tuesday, Ryan Westergaard, chief medical officer of the Bureau of Communicable Diseases said household contacts are still one of the main ways people are transmitting the virus from one person to another.

Westergaard said state health officials are closely monitoring long-term care facilities.

"About 60 active cases in long-term care facilities, but those are limited to one or two patients," he said.