Another region of the state was put on COVID-19 mitigation measures Wednesday while the region covering Sangamon County got closer to also seeing mitigation measures imposed. Region 9 that covers Lake and McHenry counties will be under mitigation measures that take effect Saturday. The region has a seven-day rolling average positivity rate of 8 percent or above which automatically triggers mitigation measures. At the same time, Gov. JB Pritzker said Region 3, which includes Sangamon, Logan, Menard, Christian, Montgomery, Macoupin, Morgan, Scott and Cass counties among others has seen its positivity rate at 8 percent or above for two consecutive days...
