| For Immediate Release July 28, 2021
Contact: Jennifer Miller/Elizabeth Goodsitt 608-266-1683 Growing Case Activity and Circulation of Delta Variant Prompt Updated CDC and DHS Guidance Vaccination and mask guidance are best response tools for an evolving situation The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) supports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s recommendations that were issued on July 27, 2021. The new recommendations, which are based on the most up-to-date information about the Delta variant of COVID-19, will be reflected in all DHS guidance. The Delta variant is highly infectious and is spreading more quickly than any other strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the virus that causes COVID-19. "Wisconsin's 7-day average for new confirmed and probable cases has been trending upward," said DHS Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk. "We are concerned with this trajectory along with the increasing proportion of sequenced SARS-CoV-2 specimens that are the Delta variant." First and foremost, the best way to protect yourself, your family, and your community from COVID-19 and the Delta variant is to get vaccinated. From January 1, 2021 through July 22, 2021, over 98 percent of COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin occurred among people who were not fully vaccinated. View the entire news release. | 
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