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Wisconsin reclassifies 1,000 COVID-19 deaths from ‘unknown’ setting to long-term care facilities

By Kaelan Deese
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Wisconsin reclassifies 1,000 COVID-19 deaths from ‘unknown’ setting to long-term care facilities

Wisconsin health officials reclassified nearly 1,000 COVID-19 fatalities, tying them to long-term care facilities after previously reporting the deaths occurred in “unknown” housing settings.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services adjusted the data in the past two weeks and now reports 45% of COVID-19 deaths happened in long-term care facilities after the state previously linked 26% to 30% of total virus fatalities to these Wisconsin facilities, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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