EHD to Discontinue Weekly Covid-19 Updates

𝘿𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙀𝙜𝙮𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝘾𝙊𝙑𝙄𝘿-19 𝙪𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙒𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮. 𝙀𝙜𝙮𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙊𝙑𝙄𝘿-19 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚. 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙀𝙃𝘿 𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙚𝙗𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨! 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪

Egyptian Health Department was notified of 38 Southeastern Illinois residents who have tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) for the week of March 4-10, 2022.

Saline County- 30 reported positive test results
Gallatin County- 4 reported positive test results
White County- 4 reported positive test results

Please note, these numbers do not include unreported positive home tests.

To date, Saline County has had a total of 7,623 lab confirmed positives, including 92 deaths, White County has had a total of 4,460 lab-confirmed positives, including 48 deaths, and Gallatin County has a total of 1,433 lab-confirmed positives of COVID-19, including 16 deaths.

To help slow the spread of COVID-19 in our communities, please answer your phone. The Centralized Surge Center may be calling you to let you know that you have been exposed to a confirmed COVID-19 positive. Remember to maintain physical distancing of 6 feet or more at all times.

If you have been tested for COVID-19, please remember that you have to isolate at home until you have received your test results. Please note: If you have received results for a COVID-19 Rapid Test-- 𝙋𝙊𝙎𝙄𝙏𝙄𝙑𝙀 or 𝙉𝙀𝙂𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙑𝙀-- you should still 𝙄𝙎𝙊𝙇𝘼𝙏𝙀 until you receive your lab-confirmed results. Help stop the spread of COVID-19 in your community.

IDPH announced that Illinois has had a total of 3,045,718 confirmed cases and 33,075 deaths in Illinois.