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Nearly 500 Covid-19 cases reported in people who crowded Milwaukee Bucks Deer District during NBA playoffs
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With a crowd of about 100,000 fans packed in the Deer District, cheering on the Milwaukee Bucks last month, the game not only produced a long-awaited NBA championship, but also a much-dreaded surge in the number COVID-19 cases across the state.
Milwaukee Health Commissioner Kirsten Johnson said the contact tracing and testing for cases associated with Deer District gatherings are ongoing. She said the Milwaukee Health Department has been working closely with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and has identified almost 500 cases statewide, including Milwaukee, Dane, Ozaukee and Waukesha counties.
The state Department of Health Services reported that 491 people with confirmed or probable cases said they had attended the Deer District or Bucks game during their exposure or infectious periods but the department could not say definitively that they caught the virus while viewing the game downtown or elsewhere.
With Wisconsin seeing the number of new daily COVID cases rising to levels not seen since January, concerns are growing that current efforts to slow the spread is not working.
President and CEO of the Medical College of Wisconsin Doctor John Raymond tells Wisconsin’s Afternoon News that is not the case. He says the current vaccines are still highly effective in preventing a person from catching COVID-19, including the Delta variant.
“The vaccines still protect you from the things that matter,” says Dr. Raymond. He adds other steps can help slow the spread to other people, especially those who may not be able to get the vaccine due to their own medical conditions. “Masking is another one that is responsible to protect people around you, and minimizing non-essential activities indoors where there might be crowds.”