Three more McLean County residents have died from complications of COVID-19.
All three were men: one 60-year-old and one 70-year-old who did not live in long-term care centers, and another 90 who did so. There have now been 213 COVID-related deaths in McLean County since the start of the pandemic.
The McLean County Department of Health (MCHD) on Tuesday reported 53 new confirmed or probable cases of coronavirus, as the positivity rate of county tests rose to 5.7%.
There are 44 McLean County residents hospitalized with COVID. Hospital bed capacity remained at 4%. There are more patients in intensive care. This rate returns to 88%.
The number of active cases has fallen overnight. That number is now 589, with 545 county residents isolated at home. An additional 68 people are now considered recovered.
MCHD has stopped administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine until further notice. This follows a joint statement from the CDC and the FDA urging them to stop single-dose shots for “plenty of caution,” while health officials review reports of rare and potentially dangerous blood clots.
Today the FDA i @CDCgov issued a statement on Johnson & Johnson # COVID-19[FEMININE vacuna. Recomanem una pausa en l’ús d’aquesta vacuna amb molta precaució.
– FDA dels EUA (@US_FDA) 13 d’abril de 2021
S’ha ajornat una clínica de vacunes per als estudiants de la Universitat Wesleyan d’Illinois dimarts. MCHD i IWU han notificat a aquells que tenien previst rebre un tret. Aquests nomenaments es reprogramaran.
La resta de clíniques de MCHD continuaran tal com estava previst. La vacuna Johnson & Johnson no es va distribuir aquesta setmana a cap de les clíniques del Grossinger Motors Arena.
El suport comunitari és la font de finançament més gran per a WGLT. Les donacions d’oients i lectors signifiquen que les notícies locals estan disponibles per a tothom com a servei públic. Uniu-vos al poble que potencia els mitjans públics amb la vostra contribució.