In the Bone Student Center is a container filled with test tubes used for COVID-19 testing. The Bone was one of the on-campus testing sites available to all students before it was moved to the mobile home in The Alamo II parking lot.
McLean County Health Department is reporting 44 new COVID-19 cases since Friday. The total number of probable and confirmed cases is 14,670.
There are currently 183 residents isolating at home and 14,290 individuals that have recovered.
There are 24 residents of McLean County being hospitalized due to COVID-19. There are 88% of intensive care unit beds in use and 89% of total beds in use in the McLean County hospitals.
McLean has had 173 deaths related to COVID-19.
With more than 251,600 tests being resulted, the cumulative positivity rate is now at 5.8% and the seven-day positivity rate is at 1.9% through Sunday.
An estimated 41,081 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed in McLean County.
Regulators authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI lawyer was sentenced to probation for altering an email that the Justice Department relied on during its surveillance of an aide to President Donald Trump during the Russia investigation.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers lashed out Friday at rival Republicans who tried to repeal his statewide mask mandate, saying killing the order would be a ridiculous move comparable to abolishing speed limits.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As some conservatives in South Carolina celebrated getting a bill that would ban almost all abortions in the state past a legislative barrier and likely becoming law, they said they are not finished trying to end all abortions.
A Moscow court on Friday put the brother and several allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest for two months as authorities sought to stymie more protests over the jailing of the top Kremlin foe.