The top story in the Madison, Wisconsin newspaper on Thursday detailed how the local health department was so overwhelmed with cases of COVID-19 that it couldn’t keep up with its standard contact tracing protocols. Meanwhile, the Badgers host Illinois on Friday night.
In Indiana, there were 180 new hospitalizations on Wednesday — the most since Aug. 31 — and 412 patients in intensive care, the most since late May. The Indianapolis Star reported that the state announced 2,880 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday — setting yet another record — as well as 42 additional deaths.