UPDATED: Second day in a row, McLean County no new cases

Posted on April 22, 2020
Of the 86 cases, one person remains hospitalized. (Photo courtesy: McLean County Health Department)

By Blake Haas

BLOOMINGTON – For the second day in a row, McLean County Health officials announce no new cases of COVID-19.

“We are at a plateau with our new cases, you’ve noticed that we’ve had one new case or no new cases the last few days, that is a good thing,” McLean County Health Department Administrator Jessica McKnight said. “However, I’m still very hesitant to say that we are on the other side of this, with the measures we have in place, social distancing, people staying home, those are definitely helping us.”

Officials say that of the 86 cases, 74 have recovered, and eight remain in home isolation.

There have been three deaths in the county.

Additionally, Health officials say that of the 86 cases, 61.6% are female, and 38.4% are male.

During his daily press briefing, Gov. Pritzer announced 2,049 new cases of COVID-19 with 96 additional deaths moving the statewide total to 36,108 cases and 1,565 deaths.

Blake Haas can be reached at [email protected].

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