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The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced a series of new mitigation efforts and restrictions in southwestern Illinois due to ongoing increases in the coronavirus positivity rate in one of the state’s healthcare regions.

While coronavirus metrics are stable for the majority of Illinois’ 102 counties, as of Friday night, four counties are seeing increased risks of the virus, according to publicly available data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. In late June, state health officials launched a color-coded county map that offers a look at how each county fares based on “indicators”…

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