On Friday, state health officials released data related to the state’s COVID-19 contact tracing operation.
This statewide data represents all data submitted to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) by the 97 certified local health departments statewide that are responsible for leading contact tracing in their counties and cities.
As of late October, 57 of the 97 local health departments are reaching out to more than 90 percent of cases and 86 of the 97 are . . .