MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) released on Friday, Sept. 25 its update on Phase 4.1 of the public health and safety order called “Moving Milwaukee Forward” related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday marks the eighth week of Phase 4.1 — and officials revealed they are seeing a significantly positive trend and have moved into RED for cases. The slope of linear regression is 0.28 with a P-value of 0.004 and our positivity rate has increased; it is now 8.0 % up from 6.4% last week.
Officials say they will hold in phase 4.1 to make sure that the city is on the right track. They will reassess the progress next week, Oct. 2.
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MHD will continue to monitor the situation and determine if additional protective measures are necessary to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The City of Milwaukee’s key indicators for Moving Milwaukee Forward Safely have been updated as they are every Thursday and are available online at milwaukee.gov/coronavirus.
