The latest CDC tracker numbers show Marion County is at the low level of community spread for the week ending last Thursday.
There were 69 new cases, a 47-percent increase, and four new hospitalizations.
Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow reported no new COVID-19-related deaths during the past week. The county has had 212 COVID-related deaths since the pandemic began.
Mallow is reporting four congregate care facilities are currently on outbreak status. One facility had 54 positives, another 53, a third 17, and a fourth four positive cases.
Two South Central Illinois counties are at the medium level of transmission. They are Jefferson with 28 new cases, a 17-percent increase, and seven new hospitalizations. Wayne County had 11 new cases, a large jump, and three new hospitalizations.
Clinton, Washington, Fayette, and Clay Counties are all at the low level. Clinton County had 69 new cases, a 15-percent increase, and three new hospitalizations. Washington County had ten new cases, a 17-percent decline, and one new hospitalization. Fayette County had 25 new cases, a 63-percent decline. No new hospitalization numbers were available. Clay County had nine new cases, a 47-percent drop, and one new hospitalization.
