Oak Creek, Hales Corners, Brown Deer and the border of West Allis and West Milwaukee are some of the COVID “hot spots”
Coronavirus surges in the suburbs
Oak Creek, Hales Corners, Brown Deer and the border of West Allis and West Milwaukee are some of the COVID “hot spots”
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JOYCE: 12 NEWS’ CAROLINE REINWALD IS LIVE IN OAK CREEK, WITH THE SUBURBAN SURGE. CAROLINE, HOW MANY SUBURBS ARE SEEING A GROWTH IN CASES?>> SEVERAL AND THEY’RE SPREAD OUT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY. OFFICIALS SAY THIS SHOWS EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE TAKING THE VIRUS SERIOUSLY, WEARING A MASK , AND KEEPING YOUR DISTANCE FROM OTHERS. FOR MONTHS MILWAUKEE HAS BEEN THE HOT ZONE FOR CORONAVIRUS. NOW SUBURBS ARE TURNING UP RED ON THE INCIDENCE RATE MAP. SPECIFICALLY OAK CREEK, THE BORDER OF WEST ALLIS AND WEST MILWAUKEE, HALES CORNERS AND BROWN DEER. IT SHOWS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF INFECTED PEOPLE.>> I WANT TO NOTE MOST ALARMINGLY WE HAVE NOW REACHED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES IN THE SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES THAN HAVE THROUGHOUT THE FOUR MONTHS OF THE PANDMEIC THUS FAR AND THAT IS SOMETHING THATS CONTINUING TO TREND IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.>> WE SAW A LARGE CHURCH SERVICE GATHERED OUTSIDE ONLY A COUPLE PEOPLE WEARING MASKS IN DREXEL TOWN SQUARE. RESIDENTS I SPOKE TO.>> OH GREAT.>> HAD MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THE NEWS.>> I KEEP ON HOPING IT’S GOING TO GET BETTER BUT THEN I KEEP THINKING IT’S GOTTA GET BETTER IT’S GOTTA GET BETTER AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE SO THATS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR , YEAH.>> IT IS FRIGHTENING TO HEAR THAT RIGHT HERE IN HALES CORNERS IT’S GETTING WORSE. BUT IT DOESNT SURPRISE ME.>> KNOWING THAT OAK CREEK IS MORE OF A TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY AND PLACES LIKE DREXEL WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO HANG OUT, IT’S MORE CONCERNING THAT PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO GO OUT MORE WITH THE HOT WEATHER.>> NOT REALLY BECAUSE WE’RE EVERYWHERE YOU KNOW. WE AHVE TO WHEN WE’RE GOING TO — HAVE TO WHEN WE’RE GOING TO TWO WORK AND GO TO THE GROCERY STORE JUST PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE SO NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO YOU STILL HAVE TO BE SAFE AND HEALTHY. PATRICK: CAROLINE, DID OFFICIALS SAY WHO IS GETTING SICK THE MOST?>> YES, THE 18-39-YEAR-OLD AGE GROUP THAT’S LEADING THE CASES AND DRIVING THE RATES OF C
Coronavirus surges in the suburbs
Oak Creek, Hales Corners, Brown Deer and the border of West Allis and West Milwaukee are some of the COVID “hot spots”
The suburbs have now become the newest “hot spot” zones for coronavirus cases. According to Milwaukee County health officials, Oak Creek, Hales Corners, Brown Deer and the border of West Allis and West Milwaukee have the highest concentrations of people with COVID-19. “I want to note, most alarmingly, we have now reached the highest number of cases in the suburban communities than we have throughout the four months of the pandemic thus far, and that’s something that’s continuing to trend in the wrong direction,” said Darren Rausch, Director and Health Officer with the Greenfield Health Department. Rausch used a heat map to show where the most cases in the county were reported between July 8 and July 14. Health officials said the 18-39 age range is the group leading in COVID cases in Milwaukee County and driving the rates of the virus.
OAK CREEK, Wis. —
The suburbs have now become the newest “hot spot” zones for coronavirus cases.
According to Milwaukee County health officials, Oak Creek, Hales Corners, Brown Deer and the border of West Allis and West Milwaukee have the highest concentrations of people with COVID-19.
“I want to note, most alarmingly, we have now reached the highest number of cases in the suburban communities than we have throughout the four months of the pandemic thus far, and that’s something that’s continuing to trend in the wrong direction,” said Darren Rausch, Director and Health Officer with the Greenfield Health Department.
Rausch used a heat map to show where the most cases in the county were reported between July 8 and July 14.
Health officials said the 18-39 age range is the group leading in COVID cases in Milwaukee County and driving the rates of the virus.
