Illinois governor puts another region under coronavirus mitigation standards

Published October 29, 2020 9:00pm ET



Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday that added restrictions are coming to another region of the state as the spread of COVID-19 continues to trigger Tier 1 mitigations.

Citing rising coronavirus testing positivity rates, Region 9, which is McHenry and Lake counties, will be placed under Tier 1 standards starting Saturday. The restrictions come after the region’s positivity rate surpassed the 8 percent threshold for the third straight day.

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