Wisconsin Department of Health Services Announces New Metrics Hospitals Need to Meet to Enter Phase I of Governor's Reopeni
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 -- 9:07 AM
(AP) -The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced new metrics hospitals must meet in order to enter the first phase of Governor Evers’ reopening plan.Ninety-five percent of hospitals must affirm they can treat all patients without crisis care, such as inadequate staffing, and 95% would also have to arrange for testing for all symptomatic clinical staff treating patients. Another previously announced criteria for entering the first phase of the reopening plan was a downward percentage of positive coronavirus tests over 14 days.
The percentage of positive cases decreased Tuesday for the second straight day but has been relatively flat the past 14 days. As of Tuesday, 353 people had died from the virus in Wisconsin and there were more than 8,500 positive cases.
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