Dec. 10, 2020
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner says DHS’ method of calculating Wisconsin’s COVID death toll is making the pandemic look “more alarming than it actually is.”
According to DHS, 3,887 people in Wisconsin had died of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, Dec. 9
th, and 800 of them were in Milwaukee County. According to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner, Dr. Brian Peterson, only 746 people in Milwaukee County have died of the disease.
WISN-TV interviewed Dr. Peterson this week about why Milwaukee’s COVID-19 death numbers are always lower than what DHS says. Peterson said it’s because DHS counts everyone who dies “with” COVID-19, and he only counts people who die “of” COVID-19. He said it’s an important distinction.