OTTAWA- The LaSalle County Health Department confirmed Monday an additional four COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 48 cases found during the pandemic. The additional cases are: • a man in his 30’s • (2) men in their 50’s • a woman in her 20’s Those infected remain in ...Read more
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (Chicago Tribune) — A biochemical research company has opened up a new site in Illinois to sterilize used N95 medical masks with hydrogen peroxide gas as the need for them has increased due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Chicago Tribune reports Columbus, Ohio-based Battelle ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD (AP) – The death toll of the coronavirus crisis inched closer to the 2,000 mark in Illinois, as state officials say that the virus had taken 59 more lives. Sunday’s announcement puts the number of people in Illinois killed by the virus at 1,933 and the 2,126 new COVID-19 ...Read more
DIXON – The Lee County Health Department reported over the weekend only one new positive test result for COVID-19. Officials are reporting 8 recovered individuals. The Dixon area has had the most positive tests at 13 out of 309 tests, according to the Illinois Department of Public ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 2,126 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 59 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 43,903 cases, including 1,933 deaths, in 96 counties in Illinois. Since the pandemic began 214,952 ...Read more
PRINCETON- The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Departments Sunday reported that a tenth resident of Bureau County has tested positive for COVID-19. The woman in her 50’s is recovering in isolation at home at this time. There are now fourteen confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the ...Read more
OTTAWA – The total number of people considered recovered for LaSalle County remains 18 as the county health department reported no new cases Sunday. Since the Pandemic began, LaSalle County has had one death and 44 total infections. The plurality of cases, a dozen inmates and six ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois public health officials completed more than 16,000 tests for COVID-19 in 24 hours, surpassing for the first time the 10,000-per-day mark that the governor on Friday called a milestone on the way to tracking the deadly virus and ending tight restrictions on ...Read more
MONMOUTH, Ill. (AP) — A western Illinois pork-processing plant is suspending operations after some of its employees contracted COVID-19. Smithfield Foods Inc. announced Friday that it will shutter operations at its Monmouth, Illinois, plant beginning Monday and until further notice. The ...Read more
MENDOTA- The Illinois Department of Public Health updated the statewide figures of new infections of the novel Coronavirus on Saturday. They now say out of 58 tests within the Mendota area, they have had a total of 9 positive cases since the pandemic began. There was no information available ...Read more
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