180 teens and adults got COVID at a church youth camp and conference that didn't require testing or vaccination

A church held a five-day overnight camp for teenagers and a two-day men's conference in June in Illinois. No COVID-19 testing or vaccinations were required, and there were no rules about wearing masks. It resulted in 180 people getting infected, according to a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The camp was held from June 13-17 and the conference from June 18-19 by a church organization with locations in western Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, whose name was not given in the report. The two events were held at different locations but had some crossover in participants.  The cases included 87 camp-goers and 35 conference participants. Most of these individuals were unvaccinated, the CDC said. Fifty-eight secondary cases of COVID-19 have been identified in close contacts of attendees. The Delta variant made up most of the cases.