Coronavirus cases still rising; new mitigation kicks in Wednesday

Case-counts for COVID-19 continue to show rising numbers. Iroquois County’s death count is now 21. And the additional cases added from over the weekend is 95 --- 95 CASES SINCE THE LAST REPORT ON Friday. Iroquois County’s total case count is 787.

The positivity rate in Iroquois County is 17.2 percent. The Region 6 positivity rate is at 11.3 percent.

Kankakee County is now over the 5,000 mark. Health officials report 5,164 total cases, 502 new case since last Friday.

In Illinois …. THE State Dept of Health reports 10, 573 cases. Fourteen new deaths in the last day.

Northwest Indiana numbers finds White County reporting the 18th death. There were also 18 new cases Monday. Jasper County added 25 new cases Monday; Newton County added five new cases, eight new cases in Benton County.

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