Three County Deaths Being Investigated for Possible Ties to COVID-19

The Effingham County Health Department Monday announced that three deaths were under investigation. Two of the deaths were announced on Saturday by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). Both of these deaths were males; one in his 70s and the second in his 80s. The third death is a female in her 70s.

Effingham County Health Department also received notice of ten new positive cases of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) from Saturday, September 26 through Monday, September 28. There were three cases on Saturday, five cases on Sunday, and two cases on Monday.

Positive case demographics are as follows:

SATURDAY, September 26, 2020     SUNDAY, September 27, 2020       MONDAY, September 28, 2020

Age Male Female                             Age Male Female                              Age Male Female

Less than 1 - -                             Less than 1 - -                                        Less than 1 - -

Less than 10 1 - -                        Less than 10 - 1                                     Less than 10 - -

Teens - -                                      Teens - -                                                 Teens - -

20’s 1 -                                         20’s - -                                                    20’s - -

30’s - -                                          30’s - 1                                                   30’s - -

40’s 1 -                                         40’s - -                                                    40’s - -

50’s - -                                          50’s 1 1                                                  50’s - -

60’s - -                                          60’s - 1                                                   60’s 2 -

70’s - -                                          70’s - -                                                    70’s - -

80’s - -                                          80’s - -                                                    80’s - -

For more information on COVID, visit www.dph.illinois.gov/COVID-19 or www.effcohealth.org.

*All data are provisional and will change. In order to rapidly report COVID-19 information to the public, data are being reported in real-time. Information is constantly being entered into an electronic system and the number of cases and deaths can change as additional information is gathered and cases investigated.

The Illinois Department of Public Health also reported COVID-related deaths in Coles County--a female in her 80s; Crawford County--a male in his 70s; in Marion County--a male in his 80s; and Richland County--a female in her 90s.