The UWM Post will continue to provide UWM coronavirus updates as more information becomes available. Check back often to receive the latest UWM coronavirus updates.
Other beneficial resources to monitor are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ website.
April 16: Gov. Tony Evers extended the Safer at Home order to May 26. It was initially set to expire on April 24.
Wisconsin has 3,934 cases of COVID-19, according to DHS. There are over 2,000 cases in Milwaukee County and over 1,500 in Milwaukee alone, according to the county’s COVID-19 dashboard. There have been 197 deaths across the state, including 114 in Milwaukee County.
April 12: There are 3,356 cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, including 1,725 in Milwaukee County. There are 1,303 in Milwaukee alone. Milwaukee County has 88 deaths; there are 144 deaths statewide. These numbers are from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Milwaukee County COVID-19 dashboard.
35,916 people have tested negative statewide. 974 people have been hospitalized in Wisconsin, which is 29% of the people who have tested positive.
April 9: UWM rescheduled graduation for Oct. 10 and announced that summer classes will only be offered online.
April 4: There are 2,019 cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, including 1,058 in Milwaukee County. There are 828 cases in Milwaukee alone. Milwaukee County has 28 deaths; there are 46 deaths statewide from COVID-19. These numbers are from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Milwaukee County COVID-19 dashboard.
22,377 people have tested negative statewide. 487 people have been hospitalized in Wisconsin.
April 3: UWM Norris Health Center launched YOU@UWM, a platform that connects students to resources for their academics and their overall well-being while they are away from campus due to COVID-19.
March 25: The fourth Milwaukee County resident and the first Dane County resident died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of dead in the state to seven. The Milwaukee resident who died was a 60-year-old man.
There are now at least 620 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Wisconsin, according to the Department of Health Services.
March 24: There are now at least 506 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Wisconsin, according to the Department of Health Services.
UWM postponed graduation. The university previously had canceled the ceremony.
March 23: There are now at least 419 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Wisconsin, according to the Department of Health Services.
Governor Evers announced a “Safer at Home” plan in which Wisconsin residents will be ordered to stay in their homes except for people who work in essential community businesses like grocery stores, auto repair shops, hospitals and clinics.
He also said getting out and walking dogs is okay, but limiting contact with people outside your immediate isolation group is crucial to preventing further spread of coronavirus and deaths from COVID-19. The order will go into effect tomorrow, March 24.
March 22: The third Milwaukee County resident died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of dead in the state to five, according to a tweet from the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s office. The Milwaukee resident was a 54-year-old man.
There are now at least 407 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin across 29 counties.
March 21: The second Milwaukee County resident died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of dead in the state to three, according to a tweet from the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s office. The Milwaukee resident was a 69-year-old man.
All in-person early voting locations are now closed, but absentee voting deadlines are extended.
March 20: The first Milwaukee County resident died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of dead in the state to three, according to a tweet from the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s office. The Milwaukee resident who died was a 66-year-old man.
There are 206 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin including at least 88 in Milwaukee County, according to the Department of Health Services.
UWM canceled its May graduation ceremonies because of Governer Evers’ restrictions on mass gatherings, according to a UWM News press release.
UWM announced in the same release that all residents of Cambridge Commons and RiverView must move out by March 27, and all other residence halls will follow suit soon after. The university is asking residents of all University Housing to move out, but residents who have nowhere else to go can apply for an exception.
March 19: There are 155 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, including 62 in Milwaukee County. Two people in the state have died from COVID-19, according to Gov. Tony Evers.
UW System announces prorated refunds for students in University Housing for housing and dining costs will be available to students by the end of spring semester.
March 18: UWM announces it will be teaching online courses the rest of the spring semester.
March 17: Chancellor Mark Mone sent an email to faculty stating that a UWM employee tested positive for COVID-19.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services released the following new numbers, totaling 72 cases in the state: 24 cases in Milwaukee County, 19 cases in Dane County, 11 cases in Fond du Lac County, four cases each in Kenosha and Waukesha counties, three cases each in Sheboygan and Winnebago counties and one case each in Outagamie, Pierce, Racine and Wood counties.
March 16: Governor Evers directed the Department of Health Services to issue a ban on all gatherings of more than 50 people in a tweet.
Evers clarified that critical infrastructure like grocery stores and hospitals will be exempt from the ban.
March 15: State health officials reported the total number of COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin rose to 33 as of Sunday afternoon. One of the new cases is in Milwaukee County, bringing the total number of cases in that county to seven.
Four of the new cases were linked to a Nile River cruise a group of Fond du Lac County residents returned from earlier this week. The other new cases were linked to travel within Wisconsin.
The number of COVID-19 cases by county: Six cases in Dane County, 11 cases in Fond du Lac County, seven cases in Milwaukee County, one case in Pierce County, one case in Racine County, three cases in Sheboygan County, three cases in Waukesha County, one case in Winnebago County.
March 14: Wisconsin Department of Health Servies confirmed eight new cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin. Four of those cases were in Milwaukee County, two were in Dane County and one in Winnebago County.
The total number of confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsinites to 26.
To date, there have been 27 Wisconsinites diagnosed with COVID-19, but one person recovered.
March 13: Wisconsin Department of Health Services confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin: two in Milwaukee county, one in Racine county and eight others, bringing the total to 18 confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in the state.
MSOE suspended all classes until March 23, when they expect to resume all classes in an online setting until April 13, when they expect to return to regular campus classroom activity.
Spectrum is offering free broadband and WiFi access for 60 days to households with college or k12 students that are new to their network. Click here to see the press release with more info about the offer.
Charter, Spectrum’s parent group, is also working with local school districts in the areas they work in to ensure continued internet service and opening all of its WiFi hotspots for public use.
March 12: Gov. Tony Evers declared a public health emergency because of COVID-19.
Wisconsin Department of Health Services added two more positive test results to their website, bringing the total to eight positive cases in Wisconsin. However, one of those cases has since recovered, so there are seven active cases in the state currently.
March 11: UWM announced it hopes to have classes back in regular, on campus classroom environments by April 13.
Three more COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Wisconsin, two located in Fond du Lac County and one located in Waukesha County.
March 10: UWM announced it will extend spring break by one week and will move the classes online following the extended spring break. One UW-Milwaukee Foundation Office employee is awaiting COVID-19 test results. The employee was admitted to a local hospital Monday because they fell ill after coming in contact with someone who had been to a country with a Level 3 warning, according to a press release by Chancellor Mark Mone.
Third confirmed COVID-19 case in Wisconsin was located in Dane County, according to Wisconsin DHS.
March 9: Second confirmed COVID-19 case in Wisconsin was located in Pierce County, according to Wisconsin DHS.
Feb. 28: Wisconsin’s first confirmed case was kept in isolation and was released from isolation after testing negative for the virus multiple times, according to Madison and Dane County’s Public Health Department.
Feb. 5: First confirmed COVID-19 case in Wisconsin was located in Dane County, according to Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
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