20 ILLINOIS COUNTIES ARE NOW AT A WARNING LEVEL FOR COVID-19, AMONG THOSE - LOGAN COUNTY.
A COUNTY HITS THE DESIGNATION WHEN TWO OR MORE VIRUS RISK FACTORS ARE MET, SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF CASES PER 100 THOUSAND RESIDENTS AND WEEKLY EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR DOCTOR NGOZI (en-gahzi) EZIKE (eh-zee-kay) SAYS SHE KNOWS THEY KEEP REPEATING THE SAME MESSAGE TO WEAR A MASK AND WASH HANDS, BUT THAT IT'S NOT SINKING IN FOR SOME.
DOCTOR EZIKE SAYS THESE COUNTIES HAVE SEEN A RISE IN CASES AND OUTBREAKS BECAUSE OF RISKY BEHAVIOR.
Logan County is now at 224 total cases with a 2.8-percent positivity rate. July 29, Logan County opened a free testing site at the Logan County Fairgrounds. Since the site opened, cases have nearly tripled.
COUNTIES NOW AT A WARNING INCLUDE: Bureau, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Moultrie, Randolph, St. Clair, Union, White, Will, and Williamson.
