To help get DeWitt County off the Governor's COVID warning list and increase the number of people getting tested, the DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department will be partnering with IDPH to bring a rapid testing site to the area.
Executive Director Dave Remmert told Regional Radio News Monday the testing site will be available Saturday, October 10, and Sunday, October 11 at their parking lot on Revere Road on Clinton's east side.
Cases have increased in DeWitt County of the month of September while the number of people getting tested has declined. Remmert believes that along with the natural ebb-and-flow of the virus is contributing to the increase in positivity rate locally.
When the public sees the Health Department's reports of new cases and the individuals who have contracted COVID are listed at "a person in their teens" or a "minor", Remmert says sometimes it can be assumed those individuals are in one of the over half-dozen schools in the two-county area, although sometimes that is not the case.
In DeWitt County from Saturday and Sunday, there were reported to be 12 new cases with eight on Saturday and four on Sunday. Piatt County reported two new cases over the weekend.
DeWitt County now has a total of 139 cases while Piatt County has 145.
