DHS: 1 in 5 WI hospitals reports critical staffing shortage

The region's hospital leaders Thursday, Oct. 29 asking community members to help them help patients battling the coronavirus. This, as 51 more people died from COVID-19 since Wednesday, the second-highest daily total. Southeast Wisconsin's hospital leaders released a joint statement to the community Thursday in the wake of the current COVID-19 crisis, reminding people to wear a mask, wash their hands, watch their distance and get a flu shot.