MILWAUKEE — The COVID-19 care facility that’s been hosted at Wisconsin State Fair Park for nearly a year is closing down.
The Wisconsin Department of Administration announced Friday that the decommissioning process for the Alternate Care Facility is now underway. Officials cited a continued downward trend in COVID-19 hospitalizations throughout the state as the reason for its closure.
“The Alternate Care Facility was constructed as hospitalizations from COVID-19 were increasing across our state to ensure that our health systems and local governments could continue to provide high-quality care to Wisconsinites,” DOA Secretary Joel Brennan said in a news release. “It not only brought relief to our hospitals but also provided quality and compassionate healthcare to Wisconsinites in their time of need.”
Officials said the facility has been in “mothball” status since February, which means it was not accepting transfers from hospitals.
A total of 170 people received treatment at the facility between October 2020 and January 1 of this year.
Wisconsin State Fair Park is expected to be returned to its original state by the end of April.
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