Southwestern IL counties report 400 new COVID-19 cases since Christmas Eve
Belleville News-Democrat 12/27/2020 Lexi Cortes, Belleville News-Democrat
Dec. 27 Metro-east health officials on Saturday reported 400 new COVID-19 diagnoses in their communities and 13 deaths to the respiratory disease.
Some counties included statistics from multiple days in the numbers they announced Saturday, following the holidays. Washington County reported data from three days; St. Clair County reported data from two.
Local leaders don t yet know if there will be a surge in diagnoses following December holidays, including Christmas. It will take a couple of weeks to find out, Herb Simmons, director of the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency, said during Saturday s county COVID-19 briefing.