Knox County COVID-19 Case Update
Knox County, IL-The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) is announcing nineteen additional cases of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), between Tuesday, July 28, 2020 and Friday, July 31, 2020, bringing the total positive cases to 244. Due to federal privacy restriction, release of any additional information is prohibited. Public health officials are working to identify and actively monitor positive individuals and contact those who were in direct contact with these residents in order to reduce the risk of additional transmission.
The new cases include:
- 1 Male <10
- 1 Male 10s
- 2 Females 20s
- 5 Males 20s
- 1 Female 30s
- 2 Males 30s
- 2 Females 40s
- 1 Male 40s
- 1 Female 60s
- 1 Male 60s
- 1 Male 70s
- 1 Male 80s
Curbside testing for COVID-19 is open to anyone, regardless of symptoms or other criteria, please call the Knox Community Health Center at 309-344-2225 to schedule an appointment. Call early as the Health Center may have same day appointments open.
The Knox County Health Department urges all residents to continue wearing cloth face-coverings and practice social distancing when in public, for the health and safety of our community.
The Health Department reminds county residents to use trusted sources for the latest information on COVID-19 such as; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov and Illinois Department of Public Health www.dph.illinois.gov. The following webpage, http://gis.ci.galesburg.il.us/COVID , is the official source of information on COVID-19 numbers for Knox County. For general questions about COVID-19, call the hotline at 1-800-889-3931, email dph.sick@illinois.gov or call your Knox County Health Department at 309-344-2224.
