Students wait to get tested outside the mobile COVID-19 testing site located in The Alamo II parking lot. The university is strongly encouraging students get tested before returning home for Thanksgiving break.
The McLean County Health Department is reporting seven new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of predicted and confirmed cases to 14,556.
No new deaths were reported, leaving the total number of COVID-19-related deaths at170.
There are currently 171 individuals isolating at home. MCHD reported 14,198 individuals have been released from isolation and are recovered from COVID-19.
More than 246,000 tests have been resulted for a cumulative positivity rate of 5.9%. The seven-day positivity rate is at 1.9% as of Monday.
Due to COVID-19, there has been a report of 17 McLean County residents who are being hospitalized. McLean County hospitals are reporting 85% of intensive care unit beds in use and 95% of total beds in use.
An estimated 35,417 doses of COVD-19 vaccine have been administered in McLean County. The Illinois Department of Public Health has created a dashboard on its website to track vaccines delivered and administered in the state.
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.
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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.