Knox County is seeing a growing spread of COVID activity week-over-week. According to a release from the Knox County Health Department, 68 new cases of Coronavirus Disease were reported in the county over the last week, between Tuesday, August 3, and Monday, August 9. Due to federal privacy restrictions, the release of any additional information is prohibited. In every effort to reduce the risk of additional transmission, local public health officials are working to identify and actively monitor individuals who were in direct contact with these individuals. The IDPH's COVID tracker indicates that 5,480 people have tested positive for COVID-19 and there have been 157 deaths attributed to the viral disease. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health's COVID-19 Community Transmission Map Knox County's level of community transmission is considered HIGH. The health department joins the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the IDPH in recommending that ever
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Cases of COVID increasing in Knox County
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GALESBURG Knox County has added 9 COVID-19 cases to its count. The cases include one girl under the age of 1, another under the age of 10, a boy under the age of 10, two girls in their 10s, one man in his 30s, one woman in her 40s, one man in his 40s, and one woman in her 50s.
Today’s numbers indicate an increase of 15 cases over the past week, according to the Knox County Unified Command’s count. The county has now reported 5,759 COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
Daily vaccinations in Knox County against COVID-19 are stagnant after seeing decreases as the spring has shifted into summer. An average of 67 doses were administered daily over the past week. There have been 22,440 county residents fully vaccinated, making up 44.78% of the county population.