Madison County announces second positive coronavirus case
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A man who traveled internationally is the second Madison County resident to have tested positive for coronavirus, the county’s health department announced Saturday.
The man is in his 60s and is recovering at home.
Amy Yeager, a spokeswoman for the county, said further information about the man could not be released.
The previous Madison County case was announced on Tuesday. The man is recovering at home.
Overall, authorities have reported nine COVID-19 cases in the southwestern Illinois counties of St. Clair, Madison, Clinton and Washington.
Here’s a breakdown of the area cases:
▪ St. Clair County has three cases: One woman is in her 60s and the other is in her 70s. They both traveled overseas and were recovering at home. The third case is a man in his 50s. As of Saturday, 44 people had been tested for coronavirus and eight of these tests are pending.
▪ Madison County has two cases: A man in his 60s and a man in his 30s. Both traveled internationally and are now recovering at home.
▪ Clinton County has three cases: A woman in her 60s, a man in his 60s and woman in her 20s. None had traveled internationally.
▪ Washington County has one case: A man in his 30s who had traveled to Chicago. He is self-quarantining.
In Missouri, officials have announced the death of a St. Louis County woman, who has been identified by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as Judy Wilson-Griffin, a nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital. St. Louis County had 17 COVID-19 cases as of Saturday while the city of St. Louis reported 10 positive cases.
As of Saturday, no deaths have been reported in the metro-east. Statewide, six deaths have been announced.
Illinois and metro-east health department directors will not release additional information about the victims, such as their hometowns.
Barb Hohlt, director of the St. Clair County Health Department, has said further information about the patients cannot be released because such a disclosure would violate federal privacy rules under HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
This story was originally published March 21, 2020 at 3:30 PM.
