Healthcare professional Shaniqua Horne tests Normal community member Kiran Knite for COVID-19 in the parking lot of the Alumni Center. Testing is free for all ISU students, faculty, staff and community members at the on-campus testing sites located at the old firehouse at 602 North Adelaide Street and the mobile home in The Alamo II parking lot.
McLean County Health Department is reporting 40 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total of cases to 14,871.
There are currently 204 residents in home isolation, and 14,469 individuals that have been released from isolation and recovered from the virus.
McLean has had 175 COVID-related deaths.
More than 259,700 COVID-19 tests have been resulted in a cumulative positivity rate of 5.7%. The seven-day positivity rate is 2.8% through March 8.
Twenty-three residents in McLean County are reported to be hospitalized because of COVID-19. The hospitals in McLean County are reporting 77% of ICU beds in use and 88% of total beds in use.
Approximately 50,107 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered 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.