FOUR ILLINOIS COUNTIES ARE AT AN ELEVATED RISK OF COVID-19.

THAT'S UP FROM TWO COUNTIES THE PREVIOUS WEEK, BUT ALL REMAIN AT MEDIUM RISK. NONE ARE AT HIGH. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON MIKE CLAFFEY SAYS ALTHOUGH THE OFFICIAL PANDEMIC EMERGENCY ENDS MAY 11TH, THE VIRUS IS STILL CIRCULATING.

CLAFFEY HAS THE MOST RECENT RISK ASSESSMENT.

THERE WERE NEARLY FOUR THOUSAND CONFIRMED AND PROBABLE NEW CASES OF COVID REPORTED THIS PAST WEEK. AN ADDITIONAL 19 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. CLAFFEY SAYS THEY RECOMMEND THAT SENIORS AND THOSE WITH A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM GET A SECOND DOSE OF THE BIVALENT COVID BOOSTER SHOT.