A fourth-grader at Paxton’s Clara Peterson Elementary has tested positive for COVID-19, Superintendent Cliff McClure informed families and staff in a letter.
“We are coordinating our efforts with the Ford County Health Department to immediately identify and monitor individuals who have recently had contact with the positive individual COVID-19 to prevent further spread in our school and community,” McClure wrote.
Among the steps the district is taking, according to McClure:
– Identifying and notifying close contacts (ie persons who have been within a six feet of a COVID-positive individual for 15 minutes or more).
– Placement of staff and students who are identified as having long-term close contact in quarantine. Close contacts will also receive a separate notification from the Ford County Health Department.
– Continuous monitoring of students and staff for signs and symptoms of illness and evaluation of illness reports to identify possible outbreaks immediately.
– Performing a deep cleaning and disinfection of the areas affected by potential exposure to the COVID-19 virus.
Earlier this week, two students at Mahomet’s Middletown Prairie Elementary tested positive, said Mahomet-Seymour Superintendent Lindsey Hall, and compared steps triggered.
A look at the number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Champaign County.
Of 7,405 new tests in Champaign County, 30 returned positive on Saturday – a rate of 0.4 percent.
The province’s seven-day positivity rate remained low and unchanged for the third straight day – 0.3 percent.
The number of active cases grew by 24, to 164, while the number of people hospitalized in the province for COVID-19 with one from Friday has shrunk to three.
Total so far: 149,943 tests; 1,879 confirmed cases, 1,695 of them classified as repaired; and 20 dead.
Here is an updated translation of the province’s ZIP code with active cases, followed by its total number of cases, according to CU Public Health District data:
- 61820 / Campaign: 68 active (five up Friday), 364 total (six up)
- 61801 / Urban: 32 active (five to Friday from Friday), 142 total (six up)
- 61822 / Campaign: 19 active (around eight on Friday), 180 in total (up 10)
- 61802 / Urban: 11 active (up two from Friday), 253 total (two up)
- 61821 / Campaign: 10 active (up two from Friday), 318 total (two up)
- 61866 / Rantoul: 6 active (unchanged from Friday), 265 total (one up)
- 61853 / Mahomet: 6 active (unchanged from Friday), 102 in total (one up)
- 61874 / Savoy: 6 active (up one on Friday), 68 in total (up one)
- 61845 / Foosland: 2 active (unchanged from Friday), 9 in total (unchanged)
- 61880 / Tolono: 1 active (unchanged from Friday), 36 total (unchanged)
- 61873 / St. Joseph: 1 active up one of Friday), 30 total (up one)
- 61847 / Gifford: 1 active (unchanged from Friday), 7 total (unchanged)
- 61859 / Ogden: 1 active (unchanged from Friday), 3 in total (unchanged)
- 61843 / Fisher: 0 active (unchanged from Friday), 30 total
- 61877 / Sidney: 0 active (unchanged from Friday), 15 total
- 61864 / Philo: 0 active (two from Friday onwards), 11 total
- 61875 / Seymour: 0 active (unchanged from Friday), 6 total
- 61863 / Pesotum: 0 active (unchanged from Friday), 6 total
- 61878 / Thomasboro: 0 active (unchanged from Friday), 6 total
- 60949 / Ludlow: 0 active unchanged from Friday), 6 total
- 61840 / Dewey: 0 active (as of Friday one), 5 total
- 61849 / Homer: 0 active (unchanged from Friday), 5 total
- 61871 / Royal: 0 active (unchanged from Friday), 5 total
- 61872 / Sadorus: 0 active (unchanged from Friday), 3 total
- 61816 / Broadlands: 0 active (unchanged from Friday), 1 total
- 61851 / Ivesdale: 0 active (unchanged from Friday), 1 total
- 61862 / Penfield: 0 active (unchanged from Friday), 1 total
A look at the percentage of COVID-19 tests that returned positive in Champaign County.
Here is an updated breakdown of confirmed counties by age group, according to CUPHD data:
- 21 to 30: 475 cases (five to Friday of Friday)
- 11 to 20: 379 cases (up 14 from Friday)
- 31 to 40: 330 cases (five up from Friday)
- 41 to 50: 219 cases (two until Friday of Friday)
- 51 to 60: 173 cases (up one Friday)
- 10 and below: 130 cases (two until Friday of Friday)
- 61 to 70: 95 cases (up one Friday)
- 71 to 80: 40 cases (unchanged from Friday)
- 81 to 90: 28 cases (unchanged from Friday)
- 91 to 100: 10 cases (unchanged from Friday)
A look at the number of newly processed COVID-19 tests in Champaign County.
A Douglas County man in the 1980s was among 17 Illinoisans to die from COVID-19, public health officials announced.
As of Saturday afternoon, Douglas health officials had not announced the news of the province’s fourth death from coronavirus, all in the past 30 days.
The newly reported deaths of Saturday spanned seven counties:
- Cook County: 1 woman 20s, 1 man 30s, 1 man 40s, 2 women 60s, 2 men 60s, 1 man 70s, 1 woman 80s, 1 woman 90s, 1 man 90s
- Douglas County: 1 man 80s
- Iroquois County: 1 woman 80s
- Kane County: 1 man 50s
- Madison County: 1 man 60s
- Sangamon County: 1 woman 80s
- Winnebago County: 1 man 90s
The Illinois Department of Public Health also reported Saturday that 2,356 newly confirmed cases emerged from 56,766 tests, a rate of 4.1 percent.
The state of seven days positivity stands at 4.3 percent.
The number of confirmed cases in Vermilion County grew by five Saturday, to 273.
The new cases involve one teenager and residents in their 20s, 30s, 60s and 70s.
Of the 273 cases, 256 have been repaired, 15 isolated at home and none have been admitted to hospital, said administrator Doug Toole, the province’s hospital.
In Sunday’s News-Gazette: 60 Illini show off their masks.
In a mass email Saturday, UI administrators noted that “we do not have a chance many others in the country” and called on students to exercise “the very best judgment” in the critical first weeks of the school year.
Here the letter is complete, signed by Provost Andreas Cangellaris, Graduate College Dean Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko en Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs Danita Young:
As you now know, we will be one of an ever smaller number of universities to deal with every important amount of instruction as we begin the semester on Monday. At the end of this post you will find a definitive list of some important actions and preparations that you need to make sure you have completed.
Our ability to come together this way is built on the foundation of our innovative on-campus species testing program COVID-19. What will determine if we stay together personally through the semester is whether we can all make the right personal choices and exercise the utmost judgment in these critical first few weeks of the semester.
Our tests can detect the virus quickly. These comprehensive tests can seek rapid quarantine, traces of public health and prompt delivery of necessary medical care. But the only way we can prevent it from spreading in the first place is by wearing face masks, washing our hands, exercising social distance, and avoiding crowds and situations that we know put many people at risk for. exposure and put us all in danger of having to return to full distance operations as we did in the spring.
If we ALL commit to this very hard work, our chances of staying together throughout the semester will be better. In the last week alone, we have seen several institutions recover from operations on campus rapidly. While we believe our test capacity better positions us, we know how quickly things can change.
We have invented a new kind of test, we have launched what is, to our knowledge, the most comprehensive COVID-19 test program in the country, we have built the Safer Illinois app specifically for this cause and we have almost re-imagined and redesigned it each course, classroom and meeting room.
In short, we have given ourselves the opportunity to succeed on something that has never been tried before.
We have a chance many others in the country do not. It is up to all of us – together – to make it a reality.
These next two or three weeks will define how we move forward from here.
We have said this before and we are saying it again now.
We believe in you. We believe in your strength of character, your values and in your commitment to the community that surrounds us.
And we believe that the choices you make these coming days will show the world what is possible when Illinois students come together when it matters most.
Important information and final preparations for Monday
– Make sure you have completed your required test on the COVID-19 campus and have your results in time before attempting to attend a person class or enter one university building.
– You can find a list of test places and hours here. Several are open Saturday and Sunday.
– Please avoid one hour before your test food, drink, toothbrush, mouthwash, chewing gum and tobacco.
– You will not be able to access classes or university buildings this semester if you do not complete two tests each week, and you may take action through the process of student discipline. If you do not yet have information about a test schedule, you should plan to test every four days.
– Make sure you are ready to show your building entry status. You need to make sure you have an up-to-date version of the Safer Illinois app or bookmark the COVID-19 Boarding Pass page on your phone. The COVID-19 Boarding Pass will not be active for use until Monday, August 24th.
– Make sure your technology and internet access will meet your needs this fall. This guide to technology services is a great place to start. Whether you are studying remotely or coming to campus, if you do not have access to a functional computer or reliable Internet connection at your location, please contact the Student Assistance Center at 217-333-0050 or [email protected].
– Update your fall address information in Self Service. You must do this regardless of where you will be studying this semester. Instructions are here if you need them.
– Pick up your PPE kit at the Illini Union in the I-Rooms if you have not already done so.
Complete your required Department of Research Security COVID-19 online training.
– Join the thousands who have taken the Illinois Community Pledge.
– Make sure you are aware of the special new COVID-19 ordinances and rules that Champaign and Urbana have in place. These include size collection limits, require all campus events and restaurants to serve customers in public areas only through Business Day (9/7), prohibit anyone under 21 from entering after 9pm and require public face coverage.
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