Case rates seem to have plateaued at a high level for now. Unfortunately, we broke our many-weeks stretch of no fatalities with a death of a person in their 80's this past week.

Cases in the Chippewa Valley, and indeed the state and region, appear to have leveled off a bit. Whether this is a true phenomenon or due to less testing by college campuses (most of whom have completed their semesters and closed their testing centers) remains to be seen.

We're about where we were in mid-February (then on the decline) and in mid-August (incline).

We are seeing a slow, gradual increase in case rates in the Chippewa Valley. This is not a surprise, as BA.2 makes its move and most folks have stopped taking precautions such as masks and avoiding gatherings. We are still at the LOW Community Level, as cases are still not very high and our area hospitals are doing great.