By Kevin Zimmermann
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) – County cases of COVID-19 remain stable with a total of 71 so far confirmed. Statewide, the percent of positive case returns declined sharply to 2.9%, with another 144 persons confirmed as having COVID-19, while another 4,828 came up negative. Six more persons in Wisconsin died of the disease since Sunday.
State metrics established to phase in the reopening of Wisconsin are vacillating. The downward trajectory of COVID-19-like illnesses has resumed, but the drop in positive test returns wasn’t enough to reverse the 14-day trend. Health care workers showing up with COVID-19 have now resumed an upward trend, reversing an earlier course.
In Sheboygan County, 5 cases remain active as 63 have now recovered. 2,030 have so far been tested as negative.
As Sheboygan County begins to adjust to life with COVID-19 in the absence of a statewide mandate to restrict travel, gatherings and social distancing, the Sheboygan County Safe Restart is being promoted to accomplish the best possible outcome for beginning to reopen for life as usual – or as close as can be attained given the ongoing pandemic. The plan is comprehensive, with Business Guidelines and Recommendations, Community Members Guidelines and Recommendations, Benchmark Criteria, and guidance for social gatherings all incorporated into the daily update from the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health available here:
The public is urged to review the guidelines and to follow the recommendations.
