Apple Watch4 with OS6 slow/ unresponsive on tap to wake

I’ve been using Apple Watch Series 4 with Watch OS 5.x for a year. With disabled raise to wake I had no problems with waking the watch by tapping the screen.

Upon upgrade to Watch OS6, I now need multiple taps to wake. Single tap does not even get registered most of the time. After it finally wakes up, and I turn the screen off, it wakes back up with one tap. But the initial wake is problematic - takes 3-4 seconds and multiple taps.

I also sanitized the watch band with rubbing alcohol. I wiped the screen too. Would rubbing alcohol damage the tap to wake ability?

How do I restore single tap to wake on Apple Watch with WatchOS6.0.1 ?

This is a common issue with a lot of people experiencing it in this Apple Discussion. There is no fix of it as of yet, but as people have complained Apple is aware of it and should release a fix soon. So now all you can do is wait for an update.