Doug Schneider and Matt Piper, Green Bay Press-Gazette
Updated 8: 07 p.m. CT April 17, 2020
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GREEN BAY – Private Investigators from the Centers for Illness Control and Prevention are anticipated to arrive in Brown County this weekend to check out a current surge in COVID-19 cases in the Green Bay area.
The variety of cases has increased more than fourfold in just 10 days.
The Wisconsin Department of Emergency situation Management will join the CDC in sending people to Brown County to help identify the source or sources of recent coronavirus cases, county authorities stated.
Other northeastern Wisconsin county health departments may likewise get involved.
County authorities requested aid after becoming anxious earlier this week about the magnitude of the spread of the virus. the speed at which it was spreading out, they fear the virus might be being carried to neighboring counties by individuals who come into Brown County to work or carry out organisation, then return house.
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” Our greatest issue is the rate of new cases,” stated Ted Shove, the county’s environmental health supervisor. “A couple days ago, we were on the far left side of the curve. … Our concern for requesting and bringing in additional resources is we actually wish to slow the spread.”
Brown County’s increase in confirmed cases is the most pronounced in the state considering that the spring election. The state Department of Health Solutions reported the county had actually seen 41 positive tests by April 7. By April 17, that number had more than quadrupled, to 180.
That’s a 340%increase. In that period, statewide overalls increased by 57%.
The county’s issues about the increase, Push said, consist of the function ” a non-governmental company with several areas countywide” may be playing in the spread of the virus. He stated the county presumes a connection between ” a cluster of cases” and a location were “operations are not available to the public.”
Push would not identify the company, or disclose any particular places that issue health officials.
He said, however, that the county does not believe the elections previously this month are accountable for the increases in cases in Brown County, at least up until now.
Twenty-nine of the brand-new Brown County cases reported by the state on Friday remained in an area east of the East River and south of Main Street in Green Bay.
The majority of people who establish COVID-19 signs do so within 12 days of ending up being infected. The election, which involved a decrease in ballot locations in Green Bay from 31 places to two, and long lines outside the surveys, happened April 7.
County health authorities initially shared little info Friday during a 3 p.m. teleconference with reporters. Shove read a brief declaration, then left the call. He and Health Officer Anna Destree consulted with the Green Bay Press-Gazette later in the day.
Destree stated county locals don’t require to take additional preventative measures in the wake of the latest news, however said individuals must take the guidance to stay home and avoid close contact with other people seriously, not just when it appears practical.
Statewide, of 28 Wisconsin counties that had more than five cases on April 7, only 2 others saw cases double: Walworth County, which went from 21 to 75 cases (257%), and Racine County, which went from 66 cases to 157 (138%).
Milwaukee County had likewise long lines on election day after its 180 polling stations were decreased to just 5. Milwaukee County saw a 52%increase in validated cases over the very same period– below the state’s average.
Milwaukee County has a current spike in favorable cases, however this corresponds to a comparable spike in testing (the percent of all tests returning favorable has stayed flat). In Brown County, the spike in positive cases has been come even as testing has stayed relatively flat.
Research on the early cases in China reveals the typical incubation of the coronavirus was 5 days. Brown County’s case total began to climb in earnest the day of the election, suggesting the election isn’t the only source of the spread.
Andrew Mollica of the Journal Guard added to this report.
Contact Doug Schneider at (920) 431-8333, or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @PGDougSchneider
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