Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order postponing Wisconsin's spring primary election, but the Wisconsin Supreme Court blocked that order shortly afterward.
Dr. Alison Craig devised a desktop droplet barrier to help protect the staff she oversees at Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin. With the assistance of the maker community, her design is now in production.
More than 1 million people in Wisconsin requested mail-in ballots for the April election, but another million would have had to vote in person Tuesday to match turnout numbers in the state's last presidential primary.
As the coronavirus spreads across Wisconsin, the state's rural hospitals are making room for more patients. This means postponing non-essential surgeries and other procedures, which threaten to strain the bottom line of these facilities.
While polls officially closed at 8 p.m. across the state in Wisconsin's spring election, which took place in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, voters remained in line Tuesday night waiting to cast their ballots.
The Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene says partnerships with hospital labs has increased COVID-19 testing capacity thirtyfold in the last month. But due to shortages of testing supplies screenings are still not available for everyone that wants one.
The state Department of Health Services announced on April 8 that there are 2,756 positive cases of COVID-19 statewide and 99 deaths. That doesn't include two additional deaths reported by Milwaukee County officials, bringing the total to 101.
Wisconsin voters went to the polls despite the COVID-19 pandemic and public health warnings against large crowds. These photos from across the state offer a glimpse into an election day overshadowed by the new coronavirus.
