Senior mass media major Hunter Thomas receiving COVID-19 test at the Bone Student Center. Testing at the Bone Student Center has been moved to the mobile home in the Alamo II parking lot.
McLean County Health Department is reporting 12 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total of probable and confirmed cases to 13,646 cases.
Currently, 462 are in home isolation with 24 hospitalized. Local hospitals are reporting 62% of intensive care unit beds in use and 81% of total beds in use. McLean has had 146 COVID-19-related deaths.
There are 13,014 individuals recovered.
More than 211,500 tests have resulted in a cumulative positivity rate of 6.4%. The rolling seven-day positivity rate is 4.7% through Jan. 27.
MCHD has begun vaccinating those in Phase 1B which includes non-health care frontline essential workers such as staff at daycares, grocery store employees, first responders, United States Postal Service workers, public transit workers and residents age 65 and over.
Those who qualify for the vaccine in Phase 1B must make an appointment through MCHD.
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.