More local COVID-19 cases, as state reports record single-day number
ELDORADO - Numbers of local COVID-19 cases continue to increase in Saline, Gallatin and White counties as Illinois recorded its highest single-day number of COVID-19 cases reported.
Illinois reported 4,942 positive COVID-19 cases Thursday. While Illinois Department of Public Health shows 5,538 reported on Sept. 4, 2020, that number came from a three-day period. Delays in the state's reporting mechanism recorded all of the Sept. 4 cases as being on a single day.
Thursday also is the start of Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID-19 mitigation rules for Region 5, which includes most counties in southern Illinois. While dining in at restaurants and bars are supposed to be prohibited in the mitigation measures, many bar and restaurant owners have declared, at least on social media, that they will not stop dine-in service. It is unclear what mechanism the state plans to use if businesses do not follow Pritzker's order.
Thursday's numbers were not available by press time from Egyptian Health Department, but in Wednesday's report, EHD said two more White County residents have died from complications due to the disease.
Wednesday's report from EHD include:
Saline County
a female in her teens, at home and in isolation
a female in her teens, at home and in isolation
a female in her teens, case status in progress
a female in her 20s, at home and in isolation
a female in her 40s, at home and is isolation
a female in her 50s, at home and in isolation
a female in her 60s, at home and in isolation
a male in his 60s, at home and in isolation
a male in his 60s, case status in progress
a female in her 70s, case status in progress
a female in her 70s, case status in progress
a male in his 70s, case status in progress
a male in his 80s, case status in progress
a female in her 90s, case status in progress
a female in her 90s, case status in progress
White County
a female in her 20s, at home and in isolation
a male in his 30s, at home and in isolation
a male in his 50s, at home and in isolation
To date, Saline County has had a total of 542 positives, including nine deaths. White County has had a total of 259 positives, including three deaths. Gallatin County has a total of 118 cases of COVID-19, including two deaths.