The Department of Health Services created a dashboard for its Badger Bounce Back plan. The dashboard tracks Wisconsin’s progress for reopening the state. There are 4 “gating criteria” to determine when people can interact more and when businesses can open. The gating criteria are a downward trajectory of influenza-like illnesses reported within a 14-day period; a downward trajectory of COVID-like syndromic cases reported within a 14-day period; a downward trajectory of positive tests as a percent of total tests within a 14-day period; and hospital capacity. DHS is working with hospitals to develop methods to measure hospital capacity, which is undefined at this point.
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