Category Archives: Coronavirus
New COVID-19 numbers extremely high again on Thursday; Governor says Stay at Home Order may be needed
Governor JB Pritzker says if COVID-19 numbers don’t improve, some sort of Stay at Home order may be enacted in the coming days. COVID-19 hospitalizations are at an all-time high in Illinois and ...
Nov 12, 2020
COVID-19 related deaths at Odin Care Center now at 14; 48 new cases reported in Marion County
Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says there have now been 14 deaths of residents at the Odin Care Center. She reports three deaths reported by the state on Wednesday were a...
Nov 12, 2020
Second Centralia Correctional Center inmate; seven long term care residents die from COVID-19 in Clinton County
The Clinton County Health Department is reporting a total of eight deaths from COVID-19 related causes on Wednesday and Thursday. The department reports the deaths include a male in his 50s who is the...
Nov 12, 2020
Seven COVID-19 related deaths in South Central Illinois as state sets new daily record for cases
There are seven COVID-19 related deaths being reported on Wednesday in South Central Illinois. It’s also another record-setting day for new COVID-19 cases in Illinois. The State Department of Pu...
Nov 11, 2020
City of Salem staff being hit hard by COVID-19; Animal Control Facility and City Hall closed to public
Salem City Manager Rex Barbee says the city staff has been hit hard by COVID-19. He says they have a few positive cases and a number of others on quarantine due to being close contacts. Barbee himself...
Nov 09, 2020
Area health department report nearly 400 new COVID-19 cases, 45 in Marion County
The Marion County Health Department is reporting 45 new positive COVID-19 cases over the weekend and on Monday. One of the new cases is a long-term care resident and three are school age. The Health D...
Nov 09, 2020
Southern Illinois federal trials canceled due to COVID-19
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - The coronavirus pandemic has led to federal civil and criminal trials in southern Illinois being canceled through Jan. 24. U.S. District Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel issued ...
Nov 09, 2020
Southern Illinois Region placed under additional mitigations as COVID-19 cases increase
The Southern Illinois Region that includes Marion, Jefferson, and Wayne Counties is one of three regions to face additional COVID-19 mitigation efforts effective this Wednesday as the number of cases ...
Nov 09, 2020
Marion County Health Administrator says going to work sick spreading COVID-19
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 individua...
Nov 08, 2020
Another day, another record for new COVID-19 cases
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting another record day for new cases of COVID-19. There were 12,438 cases recorded leading up to the Saturday report, shattering the old record by mor...
Nov 07, 2020
