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Wisconsin extends state of emergency and mask mandate until 2021

By Mica Soellner
Published November 18, 2020 9:40pm ET
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Wisconsin extends state of emergency and mask mandate until 2021
In this Feb. 23, 2019 photo, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks during an interview during the National Governors Association 2019 winter meeting in Washington. Evers said Thursday, March 14, 2019. | (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers extended a mask mandate for his state as well as a state of emergency until 2021 amid rising coronavirus cases.

Evers, a Democrat, made the call after Wisconsin reached a single-day record of 92 deaths attributed to COVID-19 on Tuesday and a single-day record of new cases, with nearly 8,000, on Wednesday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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