20 Illinois counties at 'warning level' for COVID-19: IDPH
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JUNE 23: Workers check in residents at a mobile COVID-19 testing site set up on a vacant lot in the Austin neighborhood on June 23, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO - State heath officials announced Friday that nearly a fifth of all Illinois counties are at a warning level for the novel coronavirus.
The Illinois Department of Public Health said 20 counties in the state have seen two or more COVID-19 risk indicators increase, qualifying them as warning level counties.
The counties placed under the warning level classification are as follows: Bureau, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson, Jefferson, Logan, Madison, Monroe, Moultrie, Randolph, St. Clair, Union, White, Will, and Williamson.
IDPH said those 20 counties saw outbreaks "associated with weddings, businesses, neighborhood gatherings, parties, long-term care facilities and other congregate settings, travel to neighboring states, bars, sports camps, and spread among members of the same household who are not isolating at home."
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