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COVID-19 Update for July 14th

COVID-19 cases continue to rise throughout the area. Montgomery County has been hit especially hard. Montgomery County reported their 99th case of the coronavirus on Wednesday while also reporting their second death on Tuesday. Montgomery County isn’t the only county that has been struggling as both Christian County (reporting 3 new cases from Tuesday) and Moultrie County (reporting 3 new cases on Wednesday) both reported jumps in their numbers of active cases. 

 

For the state of Illinois, 707 new cases of COVID-19 have been announced with 25 additional deaths. Currently, the Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 155,506 cases with 7,218 deaths. The rolling 7-day positivity rate from July 7th through the 13th is sitting at 3.0%. Labs yesterday reported 28,446 specimens for a total of 2,041,440 tests done. As always keep up with the numbers by visiting the “current cases by county” link here.

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