CHESTER – The Randolph County Health Department reports 209 new cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday.
The county’s transmission rate for COVID 19 is “HIGH”.
The health department highly recommends taking additional precautions while in a public setting or a gathering of others especially if you are not vaccinated.
County COVID-19 statistics will be available at the following website: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view
VACCINE CLINICS
Please call Health Department at (618) 826-5007 to schedule an appointment.
County health is administering the first, second, third for those aged five years and older as well as booster doses of the COVID vaccine.
CoVID-19 Vaccine Clinics:
- Thursday, January, 6th – Pfizer, Moderna and J&J – Adult (8:00 am– 4:00pm)
- Tuesday, January 11th – Pfizer, Moderna and J&J – Adult (8:00 am – 4:00pm)
Community Vaccination Clinics in Illinois: “Find a Community Partner Vaccination Clinic In Your Area.”
Testing Sites in Illinois: https://coronavirus.illinois.gov/testing-sites.html
St. Clair Square Mall – Free Drive-up testing
Additional Vaccine information:
Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System: www.vaers.hhs.gov
CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
IDPH: https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19/vaccine-faq.html
Contact Tracing Process Update: If you or a family member tests positive for CoVID-19 please remain isolated/quarantined until a Contact Tracer has an opportunity to reach out to you. Our goal is to reach new cases within 24 hours of notification which may vary depending on the daily caseload.
**Please do not call the health department as we will try to reach out as soon as possible to discuss your case**
The Illinois Department of Public Health is currently transitioning contact tracing to the (IDPH) Surge Center.
The Randolph County Health Department will begin to relinquish all contact tracing duties over the coming weeks.
Until then the Randolph County Health Department will follow the CDC recommendations and impose a five-day isolation and quarantine on cases or households that we manage until IDPH transitions to a centralized system.