Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says people going to work sick appears to be the top way COVID-19 is spreading in the county. She reports a number of cases where individuals went to work when beginning to experience the symptoms of COVID-19 and spreading it to other people before conditions worsened and they realized they had the virus. COVID-19 symptoms can mirror those of asthma, cold, or other ailments. Her advice…..if you’re feeling ill stay home.
Mallow’s comments come as the Illinois Department of Public Health has released information on contact tracing statewide.
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 10,009 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 42 additional deaths. The deaths included one apiece in Madison and Franklin Counties in Southern Illinois.
The number being hospitalized for COVID-19 continues to rise and totaled 4,303 as of Saturday night. Of those 833 were in ICU and 368 on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day positivity rate for the state is 10.6-percent. The Southern Illinois Region positivity rate has jumped to 11.2-percent. The Marion County Rate is now at 10.5-percent. The Metro-East positivity rate has increased to 12-percent. The East Central Illinois rate is now 10.8-percent.
