Governor JB Pritzker holding a Wednesday news conference via Zoom due to being quarantined as a result of a staff member testing positive for COVID-19
The extra mitigation that has been in effect for the Metro-East Region of the state that includes Clinton, Washington, and Bond Counties may soon be coming off.
Governor JB Pritzker commented on progress being made in the region during a COVID-19 update on Wednesday.
“After falling from a peak 7-day average positivity of over 10%, Metro East then leveled off between an average of 7-8% positivity for several weeks and has recently dropped to a new low of 6.3% as of this morning. That’s enormous progress and if the region sustains an average below the 6.5% threshold, Region 4 could see a return to looser mitigation’s enacted in most of the state as soon as Friday perhaps.”
Pritzker also announced that the state continues to ramp up COVID-19 testing.
“Illinois is continuously increasing our ability to test more and monitor this virus. We are now pushing an average of 60,000 per day and this morning we surpassed 6-million tests completed to date.”
The Governor says testing is available to the public at many sites around the state. Visit: coronavirus.illinois.gov and click on “resources” to find one near you.
