MCHD reports 69 new cases of coronavirus

Posted on January 26, 2021
 McLean County hospitals are reporting 73% of ICU beds in use, 82% of total beds in use, and 17 individuals hospitalized for COVID-19. (Graphic courtesy McLean County Health Department)

 

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – McLean County added 69 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday as the rolling positivity rate is 6.1%.

There are 24 McLean County residents in the hospital due to COVID and 500 are isolating at home, according to the health department. McLean County hospitals are reporting 73% of ICU beds in use, 82% of total beds in use, and 17 individuals hospitalized for COVID-19.

Another 106 people were released from isolation, now 12,934 have recovered.

There have been 146 COVID-related deaths in the county.

COVID-19 Vaccine Update

Appointments are required for vaccine clinics at this time, and can be made through the dealth department’s website https://health.mcleancountyil.gov. Due to high demand, all appointments for the first posted clinics have been filled.  More time slots will be opened as the vaccine is available.

Over 8,500 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in McLean County.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…