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PONTIAC – Livingston County Health Department confirmed that two more residents have tested positive for COVID-19. These individuals are a male in their 40s and a female in their 40s, who was asymptomatic at the time of testing. They’re both recovering at home in isolation. Since the ...Read more

PRINCETON – 3 more residents of Bureau County have tested positive for coronavirus. The Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Departments confirm that the individuals, two males in their 50s and another in their 20s, are recovering at home at this time. There have now been 81 confirmed ...Read more

DEKALB – A resident of DeKalb County has passed away due to complications related to COVID-19, the health department reported on Wednesday. With the death of the individual, a resident in their 90s, DeKalb County has now had 24 COVID-19 related deaths since the start of the pandemic. DCHD ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – 1,598 new coronavirus cases were reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday, along with 23 additional deaths. Wednesday’s count of confirmed COVID-19 cases is the highest the state has noted since June 2nd. Illinois has seen 165,301 total cases since ...Read more

OTTAWA – LaSalle County’s health department confirmed 14 new cases of coronavirus, along with one additional recovery. The individuals who tested positive range in age from their 30s to their 60s. Since the beginning of the pandemic, LCHD has confirmed 11,235 negative COVID-19 test ...Read more

PONTIAC – Another resident of Livingston County has tested positive for coronavirus, the health department announced on Tuesday. The individual who tested positive is a female in their 70s who is recovering in isolation at this time. As of Tuesday, the Livingston County Health Department ...Read more

DIXON – The Lee County Health Department reported an additional positive case of COVID-19 on Tuesday. With the new case, an individual in their 20’s, the county has now had 117 positive cases since the start of the pandemic, with 105 of those now recovered and 1 having passed away due to ...Read more

DEKALB – 13 additional positive cases of coronavirus were reported in DeKalb County on Tuesday. The DeKalb County Health Department announced that there have been 746 total cases in the county, along with 23 deaths from COVID-19 related complications. Of the long-term care facilities ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 955 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, including 23 additional deaths. Laboratories have reported 29,745 total specimens over the past 24 hours. The IDPH reports that since the start of the pandemic, the state has ...Read more