Another employee has tested positive from COVID-19 at Chillifest. A volunteer worker that was onsite on October 4th has tested positive. Upon notification of the case, they were in direct contact with the local health department. Working alongside the Taylorville Chamber of Commerce, it has been determined that 3 additional people have to be quarantined as a result of this exposure.
If you were recently at Chillifest and haven’t been contacted by public health, your exposure time and distance to this positive case, would not meet the exposure guidelines of less than six feet for more than fifteen cumulative minutes. Continue to monitor your health, and if you feel ill, please contact your local physician.
Chris-Mont EMA and the Local Health Departments encourage social distancing, wear masks, wash your hands, and clean often used surfaces. Stay home if you are sick to slow the spread of COVID-19.
For more information, contact the Christian County Health Department at 824-4113, or Kevin Schott EMA Deputy Director at 532-9560 or 971-8196.
According to the Chris-Mont EMA there were 20 new COVID-19 cases on Friday with one additional COVID death for a total of 852 positives with 26 total deaths in Christian County. There is 11 new cases in Montgomery County for a total of 433 with 14 deaths.
