UPDATE: From the McLean CO. Health Dept. –
In our previous press release, we identified two males and one female.
Correction: Two females, one in her 20s and the other in her 70s and one male.
By Neil Doyle
BLOOMINGTON – The McLean County Health Department has announced three more cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to seven cases in the county.
The new cases include a woman in her 70s with underlying health conditions currently hospitalized in the ICU, according to a news release Saturday. The others are a man in his 50s who has a history of international travel and is recovering at home in isolation; and a male is his 20s recovering at home in isolation.
Melissa Graven, McLean County Health Department Communicable Disease Supervisor, said that with the limited amount of testing, the MCHD continues to serve as a public resource. “More and more commercial labs are able to test for COVID-19 so there are more avenues to direct people to get tested; however, the need for testing far outweighs the resources that are available to do that testing, both locally and nationally,” said Graven.
“Testing for COVID-19 will not change the course of your treatment, as there is no treatment for COVID-19. We must work together to slow down the transmission of COVID-19 so we can protect our most vulnerable populations; those in our healthcare community; and, each other,” Graven added.
Every single McLean County resident can help by staying home, limiting the number of people you are in contact with, maintaining a 6-foot distance from others, washing your hands, and staying home when you feel ill, according to the MCHD.
Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]
