As Christian County reaches the “warning level” for COVID-19, one of the main issues that the Illinois Department of Public Health is concerned about, is hot spots. With the virus being able to spread so easily, clusters are something that can see fast breakouts that are hard to keep in check. One of those outbreaks is in Taylorville at the Taylorville Care Center. The Taylorville Care Center last week reported that there are 40 new cases of staff and residents at the Center that are dealing with the virus.
This means that the Taylorville Care Center has 40 residents and 13 staff members for a total of 53 personnel that are still dealing with the virus.
The Christmont EMA is reporting as of Saturday evening in Christian County there have been 656 total positive COVID-19 cases with 111 of those being active and 6 currently in the hospital. So far in Christian County, there have been 13 deaths. In Montgomery County there have been 350 total COVID-19 cases with 47 currently active, 1 in the hospital, and 13 deaths.
Continue to social distance, wear face masks, wash your hands frequently and clean common areas. For more information call the Chris-Mont EMA at 532-9560, the Montgomery County Health Department at 532-2001, or call the Christian County Health Department at 824-4113.
