Coronavirus update: More than 800 deaths now reported in Wisconsin

CORONAVIRUS..TODAY STATEHEALTH OFFICIALSANNOUNCED 9PEOPLE HAVE DIEDFROM THE VIRUS...BRINGING THAT TOTALPAST 800.NEARLY 500 NEWCASES WERE FOUND..BUT HERE'S SOMEGOOD NEWS...THERE WAS ADRAMATIC DROP INTHE PERCENT RATEOF POSITIVE TESTS..FALLING TO LESSTHAN 4 PERCENT..THIS AFTER BEINGABOVE 9 PERCENTFOR THE PAST THREEDAYS.FOR WISCONSINSCHOOLS... TODAY,GOVERNOR EVERSANNOUNCED MORETHAN 2 MILLIONCLOTH MASKS ANDMORE THAN 42-HUNDRED, INFRAREDTHERMOMETERS WILLBE GIVEN OUT TOHELP K- THROUGH 12-SCHOOLS THIS FALL.BUT THIS EFFORT ISONE OF MANY... ASCASES CONTINUE TORISE.N-B-C 26'S ABIGAILHANTKE IS IN THENEWSROOM WITH THELATEST FROMTODAY'S STATEBRIEFING.ABIGAIL?TODAY, STATE HEALTHOFFICIALS URGINGPEOPLE TO WEARMASKS AND STAYHOME....Since Memorial Dayweekend, we've seen anincrease of 16,972 morecases....THIS AS CASESCONTINUE TOINCREASE...ESPECIALLY OF THOSE IN THEIR20'S..."no party or bar is worthit."THAT AGE GROUP...NOW ACCOUNTINGFOR 24- PERCENT OFTHE STATE'S TOTAL OFMORE THAN 32-THOUSAND CASES....In the last month alone,we added more than13,000 cases...it took us5 months to get to15,000.FROM TODAY'SBRIEFING, THERE'SALSO NO NEWS OFANY MORE ORDERSTO STAYHOME...GOVERNOREVERS MAKING ITCLEAR THAT DUE TOTHE STATE SUPREMECOURTS OVER-RULING OF HIS SAFERAT HOME ORDER...ITWOULDN'T BE LIKELY.ABBYEVERS SAYING THATRULING...ALSOMAKING IT DIFFICULTTO CREATE A STATE-WIDE PROCLAMATIONTO REQUIRE PEOPLETO WEARMASKS....BUT ITSSOMETHING THEY'RELOOKING INTO.SOME COUNTIESALREADY TAKING THATMATTER INTO THEIROWN HANDS...THISAFTERNOON, DANECOUNTY ISSUING ITSFIRST EMERGENCYORDER TO REQUIREMASKS IN ANYENCLOSED BUILDINGNOT WITH FAMILYMEMBERS.IN THE NEWSROOM,ABIGAIL HANTKE, NBC26GREEN BAY HASBEEN AWARDED AGRANT OF OVER ONE