Category Archives: Coronavirus
Positivity rate in Southern Illinois Region jumps again to 9.1-percent
The positivity rate for COVID-19 in the Southern Illinois Region jumped again on Sunday and is now at 9.1-percent. That’s a six-tenths of a percent increase over Saturday and the second day in a...
Oct 18, 2020
Marion County reports two new COVID-19 deaths; other deaths reported in Clay, Fayette, and Wayne Counties
The Marion County Health Department is reporting two new COVID-19 related deaths on Thursday. Administrator Melissa Mallow reported the victims were a male in his 50s and a male in his 70s. Both had b...
Oct 15, 2020
Governor Pritzker gives warning to Southern Illinois Region on rising COVID-19 concerns
Governor JB Pritzker is warning that Southern Illinois Region that includes Marion, Jefferson, and Wayne Counties that stronger mitigations are around the corner if COVID-19 cases continue to rise. In...
Oct 14, 2020
Marion, Jefferson and Fayette Counties all report new COVID-19 related deaths
The Marion County Health Department has reported two new COVID-19 related deaths. The female and male in their 80s had both been hospitalized. The two deaths bring to ten the number of COVID-19 deaths...
Oct 14, 2020
Marion County Health Department reporting another COVID-19 death
The Marion County Health Department is reporting another COVID-19 death on Monday. The male in his 80s had been hospitalized as was the woman in her 80s who was reported to have died on Saturday. Admi...
Oct 13, 2020
Five more deaths from COVID-19 reported in South Central Illinois on Monday
There have been five more deaths from COVID-19 reported in South Central Illinois on Monday. The Jefferson County Health Department reported two deaths in a long term care facility that also saw 18 ad...
Oct 12, 2020
COVID-19 Sunday Update: Another death in Fayette County; 2,727 new cases statewide
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday announced the third COVID-19 related death of the weekend in Fayette County. A female in her 90s passed away, bringing the number of deaths in Fayett...
Oct 11, 2020
Five South Central Illinois Counties on warning level this week for COVID-19
The Illinois Department of Public Health has placed 26 counties at the warning level for coronavirus for the coming week. Clinton and Fayette Counties are repeating while Effingham, Jefferson and Clay...
Oct 09, 2020
Marion, Jefferson and Wayne Counties reporting COVID-19 deaths
New COVID-19 deaths were reported on Friday in Marion, Jefferson, and Wayne Counties. Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says a female in her 90s passed away at a hospital af...
Oct 09, 2020
State officials lift extra COVID-19 restrictions on Metro-East including Clinton, Washington and Bond Counties
Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health have announced the Metro East Region will return to Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois Plan at five Friday afternoon. While the rate of test...
Oct 09, 2020
