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'{{short description|Details of ongoing viral pandemic in Wisconsin, United States}} {{Current event|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox pandemic | name = 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Wisconsin | width = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | map1 = | legend1 = | map2 = | legend2 = | map3 = | legend3 = | map4 = | legend4 = | map5 = | legend5 = | virus_strain = [[SARS-CoV-2]] | disease = [[COVID-19]] | location = [[Wisconsin]], U.S. | first_case = [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]] | arrival_date = February 5, 2020 | origin = | confirmed_cases = 2,578 | negative_cases = 28,512 | suspected_cases = | severe_cases = 745 (Hospitalizations) | recovery_cases = 1 | deaths = 92 | counties = | total_ili = | website = {{URL|https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/}} }} The [[2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]] was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of [[Wisconsin]] in February 2020. As of April 8, 2020, there are 2,756 positive cases and 99 deaths in the state. The cases by gender are split 53% female and 47% male. The deaths by gender are split 62% male and 38% female. Of all cases, 29% have been hospitalized, with 8% still in intensive care. 4% of cases have resulted in death.<ref>[https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/data.htm COVID-19: Wisconsin Data]</ref> {{2019–20 coronavirus pandemic data/United States/Wisconsin medical cases chart}} ==Timeline== On February 5, 2020, the first case appeared in Wisconsin. The patient recently travelled to [[Beijing]].<ref>{{cite web |title=First case of coronavirus in Wisconsin confirmed |url=https://wkow.com/2020/02/05/first-case-of-coronavirus-in-wisconsin-confirmed/ |website=WKOW |accessdate=March 17, 2020 |date=5 February 2020}}</ref> On March 10, the [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]] announced that classes would be begin to be moved online after an employee in the school's foundation office was tested for COVID-19.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmj4.com/news/national/coronavirus/uw-milwaukee-extends-spring-break-prepares-to-suspend-in-person-classes-amid-coronavirus-concerns|title=UW-Milwaukee extends break, prepares to suspend in-person classes after employee tested for coronavirus|last=Mickle|first=Jordan|publisher=[[WTMJ-TV]]|date=March 10, 2020|accessdate=March 11, 2020}}</ref> On March 11, the [[University of Wisconsin–Green Bay]] announced that classes will be moved to "alternative delivery methods" going into effect immediately after spring break on March 23 and will continue until further notice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/uw-green-bay-to-teach-classes-via-alternative-delivery-methods-amid-coronavirus-concerns/|title=UW-Green Bay to teach classes 'via alternative delivery methods' amid coronavirus concerns|last=Bink|first=Addy|publisher=[[WFRV-TV]]|date=March 11, 2020|accessdate=March 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312154836/https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/uw-green-bay-to-teach-classes-via-alternative-delivery-methods-amid-coronavirus-concerns/|archive-date=March 12, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] announced a suspension of all in-person classes from March 23 to April 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.channel3000.com/uw-madison-suspends-in-person-lessons-citing-spread-of-coronavirus/|title=UW-Madison suspends in-person lessons citing spread of coronavirus|last=Rude|first=Logan|publisher=[[WISC-TV]]|date=March 11, 2020|accessdate=March 11, 2020}}</ref> On March 13, Governor [[Tony Evers]] ordered all schools (public and private) in the state to close by March 18, with no possibility of reopening until April 6 at the earliest.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wpr.org/gov-tony-evers-mandates-closure-all-k-12-schools|title=Gov. Tony Evers Mandates Closure Of All K-12 Schools|website=Wisconsin Public Radio|date=13 March 2020|language=en|access-date=14 March 2020}}</ref> On March 16, the [[Archdiocese of Milwaukee]] suspended all masses from March 18 through April 3. Also, Catholic schools would cease in-person instruction.<ref>[https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/the-archdiocese-of-milwaukee-suspends-suspends-public-masses The Archdiocese of Milwaukee suspends public masses]</ref> Archbishop [[Jerome Listecki]] later extended the suspension into [[Holy Week]], including [[Easter]] Mass, choosing to livestream all such ceremonies from an otherwise empty [[Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Milwaukee)|Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist]] ([[WISN-TV]] has since announced it would telecast the Mass live across the entire Milwaukee market on Easter morning).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2020/03/24/coronavirus-milwaukee-archdiocese-cancels-catholic-easter-mass/2913405001/|title=Archdiocese of Milwaukee cancels all public Holy Week and Easter Masses, plans to livestream from Cathedral|last=Carson|first=Sophie|date=24 March 2020|work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|accessdate=25 March 2020}}</ref> On March 17, [[Community transmission]], also known as community spread, was announced in [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Becker |first1=Abigail |title='Community spread' of COVID-19 in Dane County confirmed |url=https://madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/community-spread-of-covid--in-dane-county-confirmed/article_98f9df2f-a95b-5785-ab1b-c7117ad7e1cf.html |accessdate=April 5, 2020 |work=[[The Capital Times]] |date=March 17, 2020}}</ref> == Government response == [[File:Wisconsin National Guard (49666763872).jpg|thumb|left|Brig. Gen. [[Joane Mathews]], Wisconsin's deputy [[adjutant general]] for Army, answers media questions during a March 12 press conference at the State Emergency Operations Center in Madison.]] The [[Osceola, Wisconsin|Osceola]] School District closed schools on March 10, to sanitize the buildings and buses after a person who attended a regional sports tournament was found to be infected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-confirms-third-covid-19-case-patient-is-hospitalized-in-critical-condition/568672732/?refresh=true|title=Minnesota confirms third coronavirus case; patient is hospitalized in critical condition|access-date=March 11, 2020}}</ref> On March 12, Governor [[Tony Evers]] declared a State of Emergency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/12/coronavirus-wisconsin-gov-tony-evers-declares-health-emerency/5030830002/|title=Tony Evers declares health emergency in Wisconsin as two new cases of coronavirus bring state total to eight|date=2016-10-20|publisher=Jsonline.com|accessdate=2020-03-14}}</ref> The next day, he ordered the closure of all public and private K-12 schools in the state until at least April 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2020/03/13/wisconsin-closes-schools-under-state-order-during-coronavirus-spread-covid-19-closing/5041184002/|title=All Wisconsin public and private schools closing under state order, affecting more than a million children|last=Johnson|first=Annysa|last2=Dirr|first2=Alison|website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|access-date=March 14, 2020|last3=Beck|first3=Molly}}</ref> Most schools in the [[University of Wisconsin System]], including [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|Madison]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madison.com/news/local/education/university/uw-students-scramble-as-covid--coronavirus-empties-dorms-shifts/article_25b8e3dc-0b6d-58f9-8a0d-4e7586b1ab61.html|title=UW students scramble as COVID-19 coronavirus empties dorms, shifts classes online|last=Journal|first=Kelly Meyerhofer {{!}} Wisconsin State Journal, Emily Hamer {{!}} Wisconsin State|website=madison.com|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> and [[University of Wisconsin–Stout|Stout]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wqow.com/2020/03/11/uwec-suspends-attendance-policies-uw-stout-going-to-online-only-classes-amid-coronavirus-concerns/|title=UWEC suspends attendance policies, UW-Stout going to online-only classes amid coronavirus concerns|last=Berge|first=Clint|date=March 11, 2020|publisher=WQOW|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> have cancelled all in-person classes through early April. On March 16, Evers announced restrictions on the number of people that could be present at childcare facilities, limiting it to 10 staff and 50 children at the same time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Wisconsin-governor-orders-ban-on-gatherings-of-50-or-more-people-568833531.html|title=Gov. Evers announces restrictions on child care settings during outbreak|last=WBAY|website=www.wbay.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> On March 17, a statewide ban of all gatherings with more than 10 people was announced by the governor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fox6now.com/2020/03/17/gov-evers-orders-bars-restaurants-to-close-limits-gatherings-of-more-than-10-people/|title=Gov. Evers orders bars, restaurants to close; bans gatherings of more than 10 people|date=2020-03-17|website=FOX6Now.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> On March 23, Evers announced closures of all non-essential businesses to be signed on Tuesday, March 24, and urged citizens to stay at home to reduce the spread of COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wisn.com/article/coronavirus-evers-safer-at-home-order-closing-businesses/31898958/|title=Gov. Tony Evers issues 'Safer At Home' order closing non-essential businesses|website=wisn.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref> On March 27, Governor Evers asked the legislature to approve a plan to send every registered voter in the state an absentee ballot so they could vote in the [[2020 Wisconsin Democratic primary|Democratic]] and [[2020 Republican Party presidential primaries|Republican]] primaries, scheduled for April 7, by mail. Republicans opposed the plan. In [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] a judge turned down a request to delay the election but other lawsuits move forward.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/wisconsin-officials-moving-full-speed-190223283.html Wisconsin officials are moving full-speed-ahead with holding the state's April 7 presidential primary despite rising coronavirus cases] by Grace Panetta), Business Insider, 30 Mar 2020</ref> Authorities also refused to delay the election, despite the ban on gatherings over ten and the fact that 111 jurisdictions that do not have enough people to staff even one polling place, and 60% of all Wisconsin towns and cities were reporting staffing shortages.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/wisconsin-election-primary-april-coronavirus-184051224.html Wisconsin Keeps Election Day Plans In The Middle Of Coronavirus Lockdown] by Tara Golshan, HuffPost, 1 Apr 2020</ref> ==Statistics by county== {| class="wikitable" |+Key |-bgcolor="red" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"|1000+ cases: Red |- |-bgcolor="orange" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"|800 - 999 cases: Orange |- |-bgcolor="yellow" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"|600 - 799 cases: Yellow |- |-bgcolor="green" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"|400 - 599 cases: Green |- |-bgcolor="blue" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"|200 - 399 cases: Blue |- |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"|1 - 199 cases: Purple |- |-bgcolor="lightgray" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"|0 cases: Gray |} References:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/county.htm|title=COVID-19: County Data|last=|first=|date=5 April 2020|website=Wisconsin Department of Health Services|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:right; font-size:100%; margin:0px 0px 0em 0em; state=collapsed" |- ! colspan="7" |2020 coronavirus pandemic by county |- class="covid-sticky" ! style="text-align:left; padding-right:3px;" scope="col" colspan="2"|County ! style="text-align:right; padding-right:3px;" scope="col"|Positive ! style="text-align:right; padding-right:3px;" scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Negative ! style="text-align:right; padding-right:3px;" scope="col" |Deaths ! style="text-align:right; padding-right:3px;" scope="col"| % Positive of Tests ! style="text-align:right; padding-right:3px;" scope="col"| % Deaths of Positive Cases |-bgcolor="lightgray" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| '''Totals: 62 / 72''' | style="padding:0px 2px;"| '''3,068''' | style="padding:0px 2px;"| '''33,225''' | style="padding:0px 2px;"| '''128''' | style="padding:0px 2px;"| '''8.45%''' <!--Please update this number too: '% Positive' = 'Positive' divided by ('Positive' plus 'Negative')--> | style="padding:0px 2px;"| '''4.17%''' <!--Please update this number too: '% Death' = 'Deaths' divided by 'Positive' --> |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Adams County, Wisconsin|Adams]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 75 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.60% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Ashland County, Wisconsin|Ashland]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 57 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1.72% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Barron County, Wisconsin|Barron]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 6 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 406 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1.46% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Bayfield County, Wisconsin|Bayfield]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 80 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3.61% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Brown County, Wisconsin|Brown]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 55 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 724 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 7.06% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1.82% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Buffalo County, Wisconsin|Buffalo]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 105 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1.87% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 50.00% |-bgcolor="lightgray" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Burnett County, Wisconsin|Burnett]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 45 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Calumet County, Wisconsin|Calumet]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 163 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.40% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Chippewa County, Wisconsin|Chippewa]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 18 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 539 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3.23% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Clark County, Wisconsin|Clark]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 7 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 94 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 6.93% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Columbia County, Wisconsin|Columbia]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 24 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 442 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 5.15% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4.17% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Crawford County, Wisconsin|Crawford]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 113 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.59% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="lightblue" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 313 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 5,317 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 12 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 5.56% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3.83% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Dodge County, Wisconsin|Dodge]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 18 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 461 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3.73% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Door County, Wisconsin|Door]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 8 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 92 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 8.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Douglas County, Wisconsin|Douglas]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 7 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 256 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.66% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Dunn County, Wisconsin|Dunn]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 8 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 512 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1.54% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Eau Claire County, Wisconsin|Eau Claire]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 21 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1,074 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1.96% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Florence County, Wisconsin|Florence]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 5 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 28.57% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin|Fond du Lac]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 52 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 815 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 6.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3.85% |-bgcolor="lightgray" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Forest County, Wisconsin|Forest]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 23 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Grant County, Wisconsin|Grant]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 217 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1.81% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 25.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Green County, Wisconsin|Green]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 9 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 177 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4.84% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="lightgray" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Green Lake County, Wisconsin|Green Lake]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 85 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 138 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.82% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Iron County, Wisconsin|Iron]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 18 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 5.26% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 100.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Jackson County, Wisconsin|Jackson]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 10 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 110 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 8.33% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Jefferson County, Wisconsin|Jefferson]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 21 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 435 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4.61% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Juneau County, Wisconsin|Juneau]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 5 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 182 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.67% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Kenosha County, Wisconsin|Kenosha]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 147 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1,074 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 12.04% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.68% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Kewaunee County, Wisconsin|Kewaunee]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 55 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1.79% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[La Crosse County, Wisconsin|La Crosse]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 25 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1,098 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.23% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 50 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3.85% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="lightgray" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Langlade County, Wisconsin|Langlade]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 51 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="lightgray" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Lincoln County, Wisconsin|Lincoln]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 105 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Manitowoc County, Wisconsin|Manitowoc]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 158 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1.86% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Marathon County, Wisconsin|Marathon]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 12 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 348 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3.33% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Marinette County, Wisconsin|Marinette]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 122 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.40% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Marquette County, Wisconsin|Marquette]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 92 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.13% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Menominee County, Wisconsin|Menominee]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 8 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 11.11% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="pink" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Milwaukee County, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1,575 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 6,760 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 77 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 18.90% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4.89% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Monroe County, Wisconsin|Monroe]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 8 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 371 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.11% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Oconto County, Wisconsin|Oconto]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 130 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.26% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Oneida County, Wisconsin|Oneida]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 5 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 149 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3.25% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Outagamie County, Wisconsin|Outagamie]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 29 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 525 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 5.23% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 6.90% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Ozaukee County, Wisconsin|Ozaukee]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 71 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 503 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 9 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 12.37% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 12.68% |-bgcolor="lightgray" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Pepin County, Wisconsin|Pepin]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 69 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Pierce County, Wisconsin|Pierce]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 7 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 234 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.90% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Polk County, Wisconsin|Polk]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 120 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.83% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Portage County, Wisconsin|Portage]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 155 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.52% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="lightgray" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Price County, Wisconsin|Price]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 39 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Racine County, Wisconsin|Racine]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 100 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 857 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 10.45% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 153 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.55% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 51 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 929 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 5.20% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3.92% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Rusk County, Wisconsin|Rusk]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 66 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4.35% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Sauk County, Wisconsin|Sauk]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 25 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 371 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 6.31% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 8.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Sawyer County, Wisconsin|Sawyer]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 98 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1.01% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Shawano County, Wisconsin|Shawano]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 5 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 144 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3.36% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Sheboygan County, Wisconsin|Sheboygan]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 33 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 506 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 6.12% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 6.06% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[St. Croix County, Wisconsin|St. Croix]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 7 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 226 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="lightgray" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Taylor County, Wisconsin|Taylor]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 53 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Trempealeau County, Wisconsin|Trempealeau]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 246 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.40% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="lightgray" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Vernon County, Wisconsin|Vernon]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 188 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Vilas County, Wisconsin|Vilas]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 67 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 5.63% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Walworth County, Wisconsin|Walworth]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 35 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 361 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 8.84% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="lightgray" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Washburn County, Wisconsin|Washburn]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 75 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Washington County, Wisconsin|Washington]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 67 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 917 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 6.81% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4.48% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Waukesha County, Wisconsin|Waukesha]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 193 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1,952 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 6 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 9.00% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3.11% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Waupaca County, Wisconsin|Waupaca]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 3 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 165 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1.79% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 33.33% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Waushara County, Wisconsin|Waushara]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 69 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2.82% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Winnebago County, Wisconsin|Winnebago]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 25 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 584 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 1 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4.11% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 4.00% |-bgcolor="violet" style="font-weight:bold" align="center" ! style="padding:0px 2px 1px; border-right:none;" scope="row"| ! style="padding:0px 2px 0px 1px; border-left:none;" scope="row"| [[Wood County, Wisconsin|Wood]] | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 2 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 245 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0 | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.81% | style="padding:0px 2px;"| 0.00% |- style="text-align:center;" class="sortbottom" | colspan="7" | {{resize|As of {{TODAY}} ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) · History of cases: [[Template:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic data/United States medical cases chart|United States]]}} |- style="text-align:left;" class="sortbottom" | colspan="7" style="width:1px;" | |} ===Racial disparities=== [[ProPublica]] conducted an analysis<ref name="ProPublica MKE race">{{Cite web | url=https://www.propublica.org/article/early-data-shows-african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-coronavirus-at-an-alarming-rate | title=Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate |work=[[ProPublica]] | date=3 April 2020 |accessdate=2020-04-07}}</ref> of the racial composition of COVID-19 cases in [[Milwaukee County, Wisconsin|Milwaukee County]] dating through the morning of April 3, 2020. They noted that [[African Americans]] comprised nearly half of the county's cases and 22 of the county's 27 cases. Both the county<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2019/05/20/abele-signs-resolution-declaring-racism-public-health-crisis/3741809002/ | title=Abele signs resolution declaring racism public health crisis |work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |date=2019-05-20 |accessdate=2020-04-07}}</ref> and [[Milwaukee|city of Milwaukee]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://milwaukee.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3926601&GUID=5309EB39-5CC1-4E82-AB5E-C47BD94B6B69&FullText=1 | title=City of Milwaukee - File #: 190098 |website=Legistar.com |accessdate=2020-04-07}}</ref> passed resolutions in May and June 2019, respectively, declaring [[racial inequality]] to be a public health crisis. ==Impact on politics and elections== {{Main|Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on politics}} {{See also|2020 Wisconsin Democratic primary|2020 Wisconsin Republican primary}} The [[2020 Democratic National Convention]] was originally scheduled for July 13–16 in [[Milwaukee]] at the [[Fiserv Forum]] arena, was but postponed to August 17–20 on April 2.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/milwaukee-chosen-2020-democratic-national-convention-site/story?id=61606127 Milwaukee chosen as 2020 Democratic National Convention site] By John Verhovek, ABC News, 11 March 2019, retrieved 5 Feb 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.npr.org/2020/04/02/825953889/democratic-national-convention-pushed-back-a-month-and-the-format-may-change?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20200402&utm_term=4497472&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_id=45249560&orgid=309&fbclid=IwAR1l040xQdWI5geXMTKj1yGxEYLG7-MVL6wuY-TL_ZtrY3B75-9_BLh2oCU Democratic National Convention Pushed Back A Month, And The Format May Change] by Scott Detrow, PBS, 2 Apr 2020</ref> A possible conflict between the convention and the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] may arise should the [[2019–20 NBA season|league's current season]] resume and the [[2019–20 Milwaukee Bucks season|Milwaukee Bucks]], who held the top win-loss record in the league at the time of its suspension, advance deep into the league's playoffs, including the NBA Finals. === April 7 election === In Wisconsin—a [[swing state]] with a Democratic governor and a Republican legislature—the 7 April election for a state Supreme Court seat, the federal presidential primaries for both the Democratic and Republican parties, and several other judicial and local elections went ahead as scheduled. Due to the pandemic, at least fifteen other U.S. states cancelled or postponed scheduled elections or primaries at the time of Wisconsin's election.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Corasaniti|first=Nick|url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/2020-campaign-primary-calendar-coronavirus.html|title=15 States Have Postponed Their Primaries Because of Coronavirus. Here's a List.|date=7 April 2020|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-08|url-status=live|last2=Saul|first2=Stephanie}}</ref> With Wisconsin grappling with [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in Wisconsin|their own pandemic]], state Democratic lawmakers made several attempts to postpone their election, but were prevented by other Republican legislators. Governor [[Tony Evers]] called the Wisconsin legislature into a 4 April [[special session]], but the Republican-controlled [[Wisconsin State Assembly|Assembly]] and [[Wisconsin State Senate|Senate]] graveled their sessions in and out within seventeen seconds.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Glauber|first=Bill|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/04/04/wisconsin-legislature-adjourns-special-session-monday-voting-track-tuesday-election/2948444001/|title=In matter of seconds, Republicans stall Gov. Tony Evers' move to postpone Tuesday election|date=4 April 2020|work=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live|last2=Marley|first2=Patrick}}</ref> In a joint statement afterwards, Wisconsin's state Assembly Speaker [[Robin Vos]] and Senate Majority Leader [[Scott L. Fitzgerald|Scott Fitzgerald]] criticized Evers for attempting to postpone the election, for not calling a special session earlier, and for reversing his previous position on keeping the election date intact.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Beck|first=Molly|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/04/03/tony-evers-calls-lawmakers-into-session-stop-person-voting/2940156001/|title=Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers calls special session to stop in-person voting, but Republican leaders say it should go forward|date=3 April 2020|work=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite admitting that he would violate the law by doing so,<ref>[http://www.belling.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/evers1.pdf Governor Evers Tweet April 1 2020]</ref> on 6 April, Evers attempted to move the election by an [[executive order]], but was blocked by the [[Wisconsin Supreme Court]]. On the same day, a separate effort to extend the deadline for mailing [[absentee ballots]] was blocked by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] dissented, warning that the ruling "will result in massive [[disenfranchisement]]."<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/06/wisconsin-governor-orders-stop-to-in-person-voting-on-eve-of-election-168527?fbclid=IwAR3v-Ocvd2aKGMmkoVr80CG6_GJ2WL5PG52hPyMADh7GtgcOv9d4J8jtiXY Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns governor, orders Tuesday elections to proceed] Politico, 6 Apr 2020</ref> The only major concession achieved was that absentee ballots [[postmark]]ed by 7 April at 8 p.m. would be accepted until 13 April.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Herndon|first=Astead W.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/wisconsin-primary-voting-coronavirus.html|title=Wisconsin Election Fight Heralds a National Battle Over Virus-Era Voting|date=6 April 2020|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live|last2=Rutenberg|first2=Jim}}</ref> However, local media outlets reported that many voters had not received their requested absentee ballots by election day or, due to [[social distancing]], were unable to satisfy a legal requirement that they obtain a witness' signature.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Molly|first=Beck|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/04/07/state-officials-counting-absentee-voting-reduce-risk-tuesday-election-but-problems-getting-ballots-m/2953676001/|title=As election day arrives, voters hoping to avoid coronavirus say they are still waiting for absentee ballots|date=7 April 2020|work=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Jannene|first=Jeramey|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2020/04/06/where-are-the-missing-ballots/|title=Where Are the Missing Ballots?|date=6 April 2020|work=Urban Milwaukee|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref> Lawmakers' decision to not delay the election was sharply criticized by the editorial board of the local ''[[Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]]'', which had previously endorsed the Republican former governor [[Scott Walker (politician)|Scott Walker]].<ref name="NYT Reid Epstein">{{Cite news|last=Epstein|first=Reid J.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/politics/wisconsin-pandemic-primary-republicans.html|title=Why Wisconsin Republicans Insisted on an Election in a Pandemic|date=7 April 2020|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref> They called the election "the most undemocratic in the state's history."<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/solutions/2020/04/06/editorial-wisconsin-governor-tony-evers-right-stop-person-vote-during-coronavirus/2955827001/|title=Editorial: Evers' ban on in-person voting was the right call to ensure a safe, fair election during coronavirus pandemic|date=6 April 2020|work=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' characterized the election as "almost certain to be tarred as illegitimate," adding that the inability of the state's lawmakers to come to an agreement on moving the election was "an epic and predictable failure." The newspaper placed the political maneuvering as part of another chapter in "a decade of bitter partisan wrangling that saw [state Republicans] clinically attack and defang the state's Democratic institutions, starting with organized labor and continuing with voting laws making it far harder for poor and black residents of urban areas to vote."<ref name="NYT live">{{Cite news|last=|first=|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/politics/wisconsin-primary-election.html|title=Wisconsin Election: Voters Forced to Choose Between Protecting Their Health and Their Civic Duty|date=7 April 2020|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref> Republicans believed that holding the election on 7 April, when Democratic-leaning urban areas were hard-hit by the pandemic, would help secure them political advantages like a continued 5–2 conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court (through the elected seat of [[Daniel Kelly (Wisconsin judge)|Daniel Kelly]]).<ref name="NYT Reid Epstein"/><ref name="Lines Masks Fear">{{Cite news|last=Herndon|first=Astead W.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/politics/wisconsin-election-coronavirus.html|title=Voting in Wisconsin During a Pandemic: Lines, Masks and Plenty of Fear|date=7 April 2020|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-08|url-status=live|last2=Burns|first2=Alexander}}</ref> When the election went ahead on 7 April, access to easy in-person voting heavily depended on where voters were located. In smaller or more rural communities, which tend to be whiter and vote Republican, few issues were reported.<ref name="Lines Masks Fear"/><ref name="Turned Out To Vote">{{Cite news|last=Herndon|first=Astead W.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/politics/wisconsin-democratic-voters.html|title=They Turned Out to Vote in Wisconsin During a Health Crisis. Here's Why.|date=|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-08|url-status=live}}</ref> In more urbanized areas, the coronavirus pandemic forced the closure and consolidation of many polling places around the state despite the use of 2,500 [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] members to combat a severe shortage in poll workers.<ref name="MJS live blog">{{Cite news|last=|first=|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/07/wisconsin-april-7-presidential-primary-election-updates-voting-pandemic-milwaukee-polling-places/2959757001/|title=Election day live blog|date=7 April 2020|work=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Madison Milwaukee poll workers">{{Cite news|last=Jannene|first=Jeramey|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2020/04/07/why-does-madison-have-more-voting-sites-than-milwaukee/|title=Why Does Madison Have More Voting Sites Than Milwaukee?|date=7 April 2020|work=Urban Milwaukee|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref> The effects were felt most heavily in [[Milwaukee]], the state's largest city with the largest minority population and the center of the state's ongoing pandemic.<ref name="Lines Masks Fear"/> The city's government was only able to open 5 of 180 polling stations after being short by nearly 1,000 poll workers.<ref name="Madison Milwaukee poll workers"/> As a result, lengthy lines were reported, with some voters waiting for up to 2.5 hours and through rain showers.<ref name="MJS live blog"/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Jannene|first=Jeramey|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2020/04/07/photo-gallery-long-lines-at-milwaukees-polling-places/|title=Long Lines at Milwaukee's Polling Places|date=7 April 2020|work=|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref> The lines disproportionately affected Milwaukee's large Hispanic and African-American population; the latter had already been disproportionately afflicted with the coronavirus pandemic, forming nearly half of Wisconsin's documented cases and over half its deaths at the time the vote was conducted.<ref name="NYT live"/><ref name="Turned Out To Vote"/> Similar problems with poll station closures and long lines were reported in [[Waukesha, Wisconsin|Waukesha]], where only one polling station was opened for a city of 70,000, and [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]], where only 17 poll workers out of 270 were able to work.<ref name="NYT live"/> Other cities were able to keep lines much shorter, including the state capital of [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], which opened about two-thirds of its usual polling locations, and [[Appleton, Wisconsin|Appleton]], which opened all of its usual 15.<ref name="MJS live blog"/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bill|first=Ruthhart|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-wisconsin-primary-election-20200407-ge26ymidnje65iqdrfcvnziixm-story.html|title=In battleground Wisconsin, long voter lines, no election results and a missed opportunity to build toward November|date=7 April 2020|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref> Voters across the state were advised to maintain social distancing, wear face masks, and bring their own pens.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Shabad|first=Rebecca|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/wisconsin-set-vote-national-guard-called-out-many-polling-places-n1178206|title=Wisconsin voters face long waits, lines amid coronavirus outbreak|date=7 April 2020|work=NBC News|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live|last2=Egan|first2=Lauren}}</ref> Vos, the state Assembly Speaker, served as an election inspector for in-person voting on 7 April. While wearing medical-like [[personal protective equipment]], he told reporters that it was "incredibly safe to go out" and vote, adding that voters faced "minimal exposure."<ref name="Lines Masks Fear"/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kate|first=Sullivan|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/politics/wisconsin-robin-vos-protective-gear/index.html|title=Republican Wisconsin assembly speaker wears protective gear while telling voters they are 'incredibly safe to go out'|date=7 April 2020|work=CNN|access-date=2020-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Impact on sports== {{Main|Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports}} Most of state's sports teams were affected. Several leagues began postponing or suspending their seasons starting March 12. [[Major League Baseball]] cancelled the remainder of [[spring training]] on that date, and on March 16, they announced that the season will be postponed indefinitely, after the recommendations from the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] to restrict events of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks, affecting the [[2020 Milwaukee Brewers season|Milwaukee Brewers]].<ref name="mlb">{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/opening-of-regular-season-to-be-pushed-back |title=Opening of regular season to be pushed back |first=Mark |last=Feinsand |website=[[MLB.com]] |date=March 16, 2020 |access-date=March 16, 2020}}</ref> Also on March 12, the [[National Basketball Association]] announced the season would be suspended for 30 days, affecting the [[2019–20 Milwaukee Bucks season|Milwaukee Bucks]].<ref name=nba>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28893331/nba-owners-seeking-30-day-reevaluation-suspension-games |title=Silver: NBA hiatus likely to last 'at least' 30 days |date=March 12, 2020 |website=ESPN.com |language=en|access-date=March 13, 2020}}</ref> In college sports, the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] cancelled all winter and spring tournaments, most notably the [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] [[2020 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|men]]'s and [[2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament|women]]'s basketball tournaments, affecting colleges and universities statewide.<ref name=ncaa>[https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/ncaa-cancels-remaining-winter-and-spring-championships NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships] NCAA, March 12, 2020</ref> On March 16, the [[National Junior College Athletic Association]] also canceled the remainder of the winter seasons as well as the spring seasons.<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/sports/2020/03/njcaa-cancels-spring-sports-basketball-nationals-amid-coronavirus-outbreak.html NJCAA cancels spring sports, basketball nationals amid coronavirus outbreak] MLive.com, March 16, 2020</ref> == Gallery == <gallery widths="225px" heights="150px" style="center"> File:COVID-19 sign at New Hope UMC Greenbush WI 22 Mar 2020.jpg|A sign outside a church in [[Greenbush, Wisconsin|Greenbush]] indicates the church's closing during the pandemic. File:Safer at Home Barricade.jpg|A sign upon a traffic barricade in front of a playground in [[Sheboygan, Wisconsin|Sheboygan]] notifies the public that the equipment is closed due to Evers' [[stay-at-home order]] and of the consequences for violating it. File:COVID-19 sign at coffee shop in Oconomowoc WI 23 March 2020.jpg|A sign for a Milwaukee/Chicago coffee shop chain in their [[Oconomowoc, Wisconsin|Oconomowoc]] location indicates the business has closed, their manufacturing operations will be unaffected, and that employees will continue to be paid (the closure date on the sign has since extended further to the end of the stay-at-home order). </gallery> == See also == * [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States]] * [[U.S. state and local government response to 2020 coronavirus pandemic]] ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/disease/coronavirus.htm Coronavirus information] from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services * [https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/outbreaks/index.htm Wisconsin Department of Health Services: Outbreaks in Wisconsin: COVID-19 (2019 Novel Coronavirus)] {{2019–20 coronavirus pandemic}} {{2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States}} {{Portal bar|United States|Coronavirus disease 2019|Medicine|Pandemic|Viruses}} [[Category:2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States by state|Wisconsin]] [[Category:2020 in Wisconsin|Coronavirus pandemic]] [[Category:Disasters in Wisconsin]] [[Category:Health in Wisconsin]] [[Category:March 2020 events in the United States|Coronavirus pandemic]] [[Category:April 2020 events in the United States|coronavirus pandemic]]'