MADISON, WI – (Wisconsin Radio Network) – Public health officials say they are concerned by the steep and steady decline in the number of people getting tested for COVID-19.
“While the number of cases is decreasing, we are still seeing significant cases, with the seven-day average near 4,000 cases,” said Traci DeSalvo is Acting Director, of the state Bureau of Communicable Diseases.
Wisconsin is said to be equipped to test far more people than the number who have been showing up at testing sites.
“You may remember back in the summer when we reached the 1,000 cases per day average, that seemed very high. And so while this is lower than what we were seeing earlier in November, it is still a very large number of cases.”
Secretary Andrea Palm says a few other states have also seen declines, but many more have actually seen an increase since the holiday.
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