DHS: 3,791 new positive cases of COVID-19 in WI; 40 new deaths
By FOX6 News Digital Team
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MADISON, Wis. - The number of positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin rose by 3,791 Thursday, Jan. 7, officials with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported, for a total of 498,538.
There have been 5,079 deaths in the state, with 40 new deaths reported Thursday by DHS officials.
Of the positive cases, 22,070 have required hospitalization (4.4%), while 464,443 have recovered (93.2%), making for 28,880 active cases (5.8%).
More than 2.3 million have tested negative.
More than 2.8 million have been tested.
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LIST: How Wisconsin representatives voted during Electoral College votes
Congress has officially recognized Joe Biden as the next president with the counting of Electoral College votes that took place overnight after a mob of rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol and took over several chambers.
January 7, 2021 5:52 AM Leah Linscheid
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Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
MADISON, Wis. Congress has officially recognized Joe Biden as the next president with the counting of Electoral College votes that took place overnight after a mob of rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol and took over several chambers.
Fear or Michael Wolff’s
Fire and Fury or any of the other bestselling exposes of the White House circus. Arguably it was a wonkish tome by two Harvard political scientists, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, published a year into Donald Trump’s presidency and entitled
How Democracies Die. After many years researching democratic slippage in Eastern Europe and Latin America, the duo admitted to experiencing double-take as they turned to their own country: “We feel dread…even as we try to reassure ourselves that things can’t really be that bad here.” An invasion of the Capitol Building on January 6th by thousands of Mr Trump’s supporters brandishing baseball bats and Confederate battle flags suggested they really are.
Wisconsin Republicans disagree on COVID-19 bill
January 7, 2021 11:29 AM Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature is divided on a coronavirus response bill that the state Assembly was passing on Thursday but that the Senate GOP leader said his chamber opposes.
Even if the current bill were to somehow pass, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has signaled his opposition and would likely veto the measure. Evers and Assembly Democrats have their own proposals which Republicans haven’t gotten behind.
The Legislature hasn’t passed anything related to the pandemic since April and recent talks between Evers and Republican leaders has failed to result in a deal.