(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Nearly one-third of Illinois counties have moved into "warning level" — and potentially subject to greater COVID-19 restrictions — as the daily number of coronavirus cases statewide surges past the 2,000 mark, health officials said Friday.
The 30 counties with the needle going the wrong way in their coronavirus metrics are: Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Cook, Cumberland, Effingham, Fayette, Greene, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Jasper, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Johnson, Madison, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Sangamon, Shelby, St. Clair, Union, Warren, White, Will, and Williamson.
A county hits warning level when two or more COVID-19 risk indicators increase. There are 102 counties in Illinois.
Two larger regions of the state — the Metro East area and Will and Kankakee counties, in the south suburbs — are under tighter restrictions because of high "positivity rates" of the virus.
Also Friday, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,149 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, including 20 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
The statewide rolling positivity rate is 4.1%.



