Without progress, Pritzker says more COVID-19 restrictions ahead

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If Region 4 that includes East St. Louis, but also surrounding rural counties, doesn’t get its COVID-19 positivity rate below 6.5 percent in the next two weeks, more COVID-19 restrictions could be coming from Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

On Sunday, the governor announced new COVID-19 restrictions would be in effect starting Tuesday for Region 4. That includes East St. Louis and the surrounding rural counties.

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