Coronavirus

La Crosse County sets new daily record for COVID

Published

4 years ago

June 26, 2020

Brad Williams

Another daily record for COVID cases in La Crosse County.

Twenty-seven new cases were reported on Friday.

That makes 11 days in a row where the county has had at least 20 new cases in a single day.

The total of cases in the county is now 384, with 329 of them reported just in the month of June.

Wisconsin reported 520 new cases on Friday, with 230 of them among people in their 20’s.

Almost 500 new cases of COVID-19 are reported in Minnesota.

The number of daily cases was 498, up more than 100 from Thursday’s figure.

That includes 3 new cases in Winona County, and 1 new case each in Houston and Fillmore Counties.

Only 5 new deaths were recorded Friday, marking two full weeks since Minnesota has had 20 or more COVID deaths in a single day.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.