COVID-free County
The virus that has raced around the globe and killed more than 100,000 in the United States has yet to reach one small community in Illinois.
Scott County, with a population of about 4,951, is the only one of Illinois’ 102 counties that has not reported a single case of COVID-19.
While many downstate Illinois communities have been devastated by the coronavirus and its economic impact — with outbreaks at nursing homes, businesses closed and workers laid off, tiny Scott County is the corner of Illinois that the coronavirus forgot.
No one knows exactly why the small, central Illinois county about 250 miles southwest of Chicago has been spared the worse of the viral outbreak. Some attribute it to the small population.
“We just don’t experience the flow of people coming in and out like you would in some of these larger cities,” said Winchester Mayor Rex McIntire. “I think that’s been a big reason why we haven’t had any problems yet with the pandemic itself.”
Prior to May 29th, the only other Illinois county without a confirmed COVID case was my home county: Edgar.
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Matt
