Wisconsin @GovEvers warns that Wisconsin could suffer as many as 5,000 COVID-19 deaths this year (on the current trajectory).
.@GovEvers says he will be reissuing his emergency face mask order.
He also urges Republicans to withdraw from the lawsuit against his mask mandate.
.@GovEvers says he is issuing a new public health emergency & reissuing the face covering order, extending Wisconsin's indoor face mask mandate into 2021.
About one-third of Wisconsin hospitals have critical staffing shortages, Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm says.
One region of the state currently has no ICU beds available, Palm adds.
Noting that the GOP-controlled Legislature held a lame duck session before he took office, @GovEvers says lawmakers should come in now during the COVID-19 pandemic to help "save lives in Wisconsin."
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