Tighter COVID gathering restrictions likely for City of Milwaukee as cases rise
Several weeks after loosening COVID gathering restrictions, the City of Milwaukee will likely tighten them up next week.
The Milwaukee Health Department says they are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases over the past several weeks. It includes a rise in the seven-day rate for cases per 100,000 people from 45.8 back on March 18 to 95.6 on April 8. This rate has been in the “substantial transmission” category the past three weeks.
In addition, the seven-day average for the percentage of positive tests has also increased to 5-percent this week, moving it from the low transmission category to moderate.