(Charleston), IL –Coles County Health Department, (CCHD) was notified today of Sixteen additional laboratory confirmed positive COVID-19 cases with Four currently hospitalized. Our total confirmed positive COVID-19 laboratory case count for Coles County is Sixty-Two with Twenty-Two recovered, Two deceased, and Thirty-Four recovering.
Coles County Health Department (CCHD) staff continues contact tracing for COVID-19 positive cases and contacts daily per Illinois Department of Public Health protocol and guidance. Contacts have been and are being notified and provided with appropriate direction. All confirmed cases are following isolation guidelines. Those considered to be contacts of the confirmed cases have been and are being notified and instructed to follow direction to prevent the spread of illness.
Coles County Health Department continues to ask the community to take the necessary steps to keep yourself, your family, and your community safe. Continue to follow social distancing recommendations and follow Governor Pritzker’s “Stay at Home” Executive Order.
You may find the Executive Order at https://www2.illinois.gov/Pages/Executive-Orders/ExecutiveOrder2020-32.aspx
For the most up-to-date Coles County COVID-19 laboratory confirmed cases go to:
For more information, contact:
Illinois Department of Public Health:
Call the COVID-19 Hotline at 1-800-889-3931, Email DPH.SICK@ILLINOIS.GOV, or Visit http://www.dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/diseases-and-conditions/diseases-a-z-list/coronavirus
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