North Shore Health Department Coronavirus Update: March 31

Press release from the Village of Whitefish Bay:

March 30, 2020

North Shore Health Department - COVID 19: March 31, 2020 UPDATE

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (WI DHS) and the North Shore Health Department (NSHD), along with other local health departments are responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus, COVID-19. For the most current information on the COVID-19, please visit the CDC's website on COVID-19 orwww.nshealthdept.org.

The first case in the North Shore was confirmed on March 13th, 2020. There is now evidence of community spread in the North Shore and throughout much of Wisconsin. As the NorthShore Health Department, we are currently monitoring 35 active cases, and we are also providing active monitoring for high-risk contacts of confirmed cases with daily phone calls.

We have triaged and processed over 360 suspect cases and/or contacts, and performed several large contact investigations, which involves notifying the contacts of their potential risk and educating them on quarantine guidelines set by the CDC and WI DHS. We are also managing six active cases in Milwaukee to assist the Milwaukee Health Department.

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This press release was produced by the Village of Whitefish Bay. The views expressed here are the author’s own.