At least 36 people who voted in person or worked at polls in Wisconsin’s election earlier this month have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the state health department. 

“So far, 36 people who tested COVID-19 positive after April 9 have reported that they voted in person or worked the polls on election day,” Jennifer Miller, a spokeswoman for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, told Politico on Monday. 

It’s unclear if the people got the coronavirus through taking part in the primary, however, as several reported additional possible exposures, Miller told Politico. 

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A spokesperson for the health department was not immediately available for comment.

The health department told The Hill last week that 19 people who had voted in-person or worked at a polling location during Wisconsin’s election earlier this month had tested positive. 

The state health department announced new tracing mechanisms to track Wisconsin residents who may have been exposed to COVID-19 during the election just days after the April 7 election. 

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) tried to block in-person voting and hold the entire election by mail, but Republican legislators refused the request. 

The Supreme court overturned Evers’s executive order to postpone in-person voting until June. The order also held that Wisconsin could not accept absentee ballots postmarked after its voting day. 

As of Monday, the Wisconsin health department reported a statewide total of 6,081 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 281 deaths.

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