Local and state health experts say it's difficult to determine whether Wisconsin has seen a peak in coronavirus cases until a peak has been passed.
AND PASSING... THEPEAK OF CASES...NBC 26'S JULIANAFALK TALKED WITHTHE C-E-O OF PREVEAHEALTH.WE CONTINUE TO SEEMORE CONFIRMEDCASES OF COVID-19EACH DAY... BUTEXPERTS SAY THEYWON'T KNOW IF APEAK HAS BEEN HIT...UNTIL IT'S PASSED."WHAT WE CAN DO ISJUST LOOK AT THEDATA COMING IN ON ANONGOING BASIS.
ANDRIGHT NOW WE'RESEEING A REALLYSTEADY REALLY A FLATLINE IN TERMS OFNUMBER OF CASESBEING REPORTED PERDAY."STATE OFFICIALS SAYIF WE ARE AT A PEAK..IT'S SLOW ANDSPREAD OUT..WHICHIS WHAT THEY HOPETO SEE."BUT WE WON'T KNOWFOR SURE UNTIL WESEE A SUSTAINEDDECLINE IN THENUMBER OF NEWCASES.""I WOULD SAY THAT WEARE STARTING TO SEESOME REALLY GOODPOSITIVE NUMBERSABOUT COMING DOWNAS FAR AS THE LOCALHOSPITALIZATIONSHERE IN BROWNCOUNTY."DR. ASHOK RAI, THEPRESIDENT AND CEOOF PREVEA HEALTHSAYS IT COULD TAKEANOTHER WEEK ORTWO OF THOSE GOODNUMBERS BEFOREKNOWING IF WE'VEHIT A PEAK."I WOULDN'T CALL ITTHE PEAK I WOULDCALL IT A PEAK.
WE'REGOING TO HAVE MOREAND MORE CASESHERE AND THERETHROUGHOUT OURTIME WHILE WE DEALWITH COVID 19."HE ADDS..
WHENTHERE ARE SEVERALCASES IN A SPECIFICAREA, IT'S IMPORTANTFOR HEALTH CAREAND PUBLIC HEALTHTO WORK TOGETHERTO REACT..."AND THEN, WHAT AREWE DOING TO TESTAND ISOLATE TOPREVENT THAT FROMBECOMING A VERYLARGE PEAK."DR. RAI SAYS HE ISHOPEFUL ..."I'M SCARED AS WE ALLSHOULD BE BYSOMETHING THAT WEDON'T KNOW BUT I'MOPTIMISIC THAT WE'REABLE TO COMBAT THATFEAR IN THIS TOWNWITH ALL THE THINGSWE HAVE IN PLACE."HE SAYS HE KNOWSMANY ARE TAKING THEPRECAUTIONSNEEDED TO HELP GETTHROUGH THIS.IN BROWN COUNTYJULIANA FALK NBC 26.NOW A LOOK ATWHAT HAPPENED FORA RECOVEREDCORONAVIRUS
April 23, 2020
