The Christmas and New Year's Holidays provided DeWitt and Piatt Counties one of the highest spikes in COVID cases during the entire pandemic.

That's what DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department Director Dave Remmert tells Regional Radio News.

Clinton Schools are currently dealing with a very serious COVID situation that may temporarily threaten the status of certain buildings or even the district. Superintendent Curt Nettles believes the situation is stemming from the holidays.

While the holidays provided a spike, Nettles' prediction of things calming down soon was substantiated by Remmert who says this virus has had a natural ebb-and-flow throughout its entirety.

On the WHOW Morning Show earlier this week, Nettles told Regional Radio News it was his hope they could manage and get through the remainder of this week and felt once they begin next week, the district would be in much better shape.

He noted they had several students in quarantine but was most concerned about the staff. He felt any measures taken by the district would be temporary.

School leaders across the area have indicated the shortage of substitute teachers in recent years is playing a factor in staffing levels this year and in some cases has caused several districts to go remote.