Thursday’s coronavirus updates: 7 employees at Danville Prison in active cases; 3 exams positive in rental schools; Champion County has a 7-day rate of corona virus at 1.3%


Two more staff members at the Danville Correctional Center have tested positive for COVID-19, according to data from the Illinois Department of Corrections.

It makes cases for 10 employees at the facility, of which only three have been classified as recovered, according to the IDOC. No inmates at Danville Prison tested positive, records show.

State prisons have included the toughest facilities during the epidemic. According to IDOC, total:

– Prisoners with confirmed cases: 1,448, of which 958 have now recovered. The most widespread of these were:

  • Stateville: 275 confirmed, 273 recovered recovered
  • East Molin: 280 confirmed, 111 recovered recovered
  • Jacksonville: 215 confirmed, 202 recovered recovered

– Staff members with confirmed cases: 704, of which 558 have now recovered. The most widespread of these were:

  • Stateville: Confirmation of 115, recovery of 108
  • Maynard: 96 confirmed, 83 found
  • Graham: 43 confirmed, 30 retrieved



Positivity on Thursday

Of the 9,460 new tests in Champion County, 127 returned positive on Thursday, a rate of 1.3 percent.

On the third day of new triple-digit cases, the county’s seven-day positivity rate rose to 1.6 percent.

Also on the second straight day: hospitalized. A week started with a county resident admitted to the hospital in Covid-1 CO will go with seven in a week, more than two the day before.

Recovered cases increased by 98 (up to 3,615); There were up to 29 (up to 439) active cases.



Active Thursday




Here C.U. According to Public Health District data, there is an updated rundown of county zip codes with active cases.

  • 61820 / Champion: 242 active (Wednesday to 13), 1,880 total (above 82)
  • 61822 / Champion: 40 active (three up from Wednesday), 284 total (nine up)
  • 61801 / Urbana: 39 active (two up since Wednesday), 376 total (up to 14)
  • 61821 / Champion: 35 active (Wednesday through five), 406 total (seven up)
  • 61802 / Urbana: 21active (Wednesday down two), 313 total (up two)
  • 61874 / Savoy: 13 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 105 total (above one)
  • 61853 / Mahom: 14 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 135 total (two up)
  • 61873 / std. Joseph: 14 active (Wednesday to four), 73 total (above five)
  • 61866 / Rentol: 8 active (two up since Wednesday), 293 total (one up)
  • 61880 / tolono: 2 active (one down since Wednesday), 48 total (unchanged)
  • 61859 / Ogden: 2 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 9 total (one above)
  • 61843 / Fisher: 1 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 35 total (unchanged)
  • 61877 / Sydney: 1 active (one above Wednesday), 18 total (one above)
  • 61864 / Philo: 1 active (one above Wednesday), 15 total (one above)
  • 61863 / pasotum: 1 active (as of Wednesday), 12 total (as of)
  • 61847 / Gifford: 1 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 9 total (unchanged)
  • 61849 / Homer: 1 active (one above Wednesday), 7 total (one above)
  • 61816 / Broadlands: 1 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 2 total (unchanged)
  • 60957 / Paxton area: 1 active (as is), 1 total (as is)
  • 61845 / Fuzland: 0 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 10 total (unchanged)
  • 61878 / Thomasborough: 0 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 10 total (unchanged)
  • 61875 / Seymour: 0 active (as of Wednesday), 6 total (as of)
  • 60949 / Ludlow: 0 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 6 total (unchanged)
  • 61840 / Davy: 0 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 5 total (unchanged)
  • 61871 / Royal: 0 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 5 total (unchanged)
  • 61872 / sedorus: 0 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 4 total (unchanged)
  • 61810 / Allerton: 0 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 1 total (unchanged)
  • 61851 / Evesdale: 0 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 1 total (unchanged)
  • 61862 / Penfield: 0 active (unchanged since Wednesday), 1 total (unchanged)

During the epidemic, 401,004 trials have now produced 4,074 confirmed cases in Champion County.




County case on Thursday




Here is an updated breakdown of county cases confirmed by age group according to CUPHD data:

  • 11 to 20: 1,643 cases (up 55 from Wednesday); 32.3 percent of all tests in Champion County
  • 21 to 30: 1,077 cases (up 50 from Wednesday); 31.8 percent tests
  • 31 to 40: 429 cases (up 10 from Wednesday); 10.5 percent tests
  • 41 to 50: 301 cases (five over Wednesday); Tests 8.4 percent
  • 51 to 60: 239 cases (three over Wednesday); 7.7 percent tests
  • 10 and under: 154 cases (two up since Wednesday); 1.5 percent tests
  • 61 to 70: 127 cases (two up since Wednesday); 7. 4. percent in tests
  • 71 to 80: 59 cases (as of Wednesday); 1.8 percent tests
  • 81 to 90: 33 cases (as of Wednesday); 0.9 percent of the tests
  • 91 to 100: 12 cases (as of Wednesday); Tests 0.3 percent

One student and two Rentoul City School staff recently tested positive for COVID-19, Rentoul Press Editor Dave Hinton Reports.

On wednesday, JW Eater Junior High Officers were alerted that one student tested positive for the virus. The student was at school last September 10th.

The School District and CU Public Health Department have decided that no student or employee may be at greater risk due to close contact with a student.

On Tuesday, a staff member Pleasant Acres Elementary And on others Broadmedo Elementary Tested positive for the virus.

Only one staff member at Broadmido had to be set aside for close contact.

Cowid-19 cases have surfaced in schools in the area in recent weeks:

On Tuesday, both grade school and high school in St. Joseph reported a confirmed case. Families with students on St. Joseph’s Grade School And St. Joseph-Ogden High School The news was reported in a separate letter.

The grade school case involved a student who “came down with symptoms over the weekend and didn’t come to school this week,” Superintendent Todd Pence wrote.

Pence added, “There will be no need to isolate the rest of the students in the classroom because of the social distance in our classrooms.”

For the second time in several weeks, SJ-O Superintendent Brian Brooks also informed families, students and staff of a positive test over the weekend.

“We were notified late yesterday, and the student has not been to school since last week. This is not related to the previous student case, ”Brooks wrote. “We have a few students who have been identified as long-term contacts in this particular COVID-19 case. Those students are S.J.O. In order to help prevent further spread of Covid-1 further quarantine has been put in place for 14 days. Those families have been contacted. ”

On Monday, students at Salt Fork High School Individual classes resumed after two weeks of remote learning following four confirmed cases.

After recording four positive tests for COVID-19 last week, this Blue Ridge The school district announced last week that it would move to all distance learning by at least September 25th.

– Oakwood Grade School After confirmation of three positive cases – 31 August 31, Sept. 1-2 – closed for three days. Reopening the school for personal instruction in September, Superintendent Larry Maynard wrote in a letter to families and staff: Has successfully helped alleviate this situation. “

On September 6, Cerro Gordo Officials announced that high school classes are moving to remote learning at least until September 21, after seven people tested positive for Covid-19. Four September 3-4-. Were reported on, along with three others on September 6-6.

– On September 4, families Mahomet-Seymour The school district was informed that a Lincoln Trail Elementary Teacher and Middletown Prairie Elementary The student tested positive, resulting in a separation of 18 people.

Two weeks earlier, on the first day of classes, two Midlettown Prairie students tested positive.

– Sep Sept. Paxton-Buckley-Loda A high school student testified positively Superintendent Cliff M. McClure sent a similar note to the families on Aug. 21, when a fourth-grader was Clara Peterson Elementary Gave the district its first confirmed case.

– 28 Aug Gust, families and staff were informed of the student’s positive test Rentol high.

A day later, it turned out that two students from Eater Junior High tested positive, but according to Principal Scott Woods, no other student or employee is at risk of being in close contact in either case.




Vermilion on Thursday

The number of new cases in Vermilion County has increased with a one-to-one asterisk.

“This is a new misleading case,” Public Health Manager Doug Tggle reported on Thursday. ” Our communicable disease staff focused this morning on vaccinations and the investigation of our active covid cases, and began contacting new covid cases after lunch. The ones we’ll talk to this afternoon will appear on the update tomorrow. ”

For now, the county’s confirmed cases total 476, after adding residents in their 50s on Thursday. Twenty-two of them are considered active, four residents are hospitalized.

The vermilion positivity rates are 1.99 per cent (single-day) and 3.8 per cent (seven-day).




Ford on Thursday

After adding three on Thursday, Ford County’s total case count now stands at 130.

According to the county’s public health department, eight residents are lying alone at home, no one is hospitalized and 118 people have been released from solitude.




Thursday county tests




Of the 57,800 new tests nationwide, 2,056 returned positive on Thursday, a rate of 3.6 percent.

The state also has a seven-day positivity rate of 6.6 per cent. How it compares to nearby states, according to Johns Hopkins data:

  • Michigan: 2.7 percent
  • Kentucky: 2.3 percent
  • Ohio: Percent .. percent
  • Illinois: 6.6 percent
  • Indiana: 6.1 percent
  • Minnesota: 8.2 percent
  • Nebraska: 10.6 percent
  • Missouri: 10.8 percent
  • Iowa: 13.6 percent
  • Wisconsin: 14.7 percent

The Illinois Department of Public Health also reported 25 deaths from coronavirus:

  • Cook County: 1 woman 70s
  • DeCalb County: 1 male 30s
  • Dupage County: 1 male 30s
  • Green County: 1 male in the 90s
  • Kane County: 1 female 90s
  • Kankaki County: 2 males 80s, 1 females 90s
  • Lawrence County: 1 female 90s
  • Madison County: 1 male 50s, 2 male 80s, 1 female 90s
  • McLean County: 1 female 80s
  • Randolph County: 1 male in the 70s
  • Sangamon County: 1 male 50s, 1 female 60s
  • Shelby County: 1 male in the 70s
  • Tezwell County: 1 male 60s
  • Will County: 1 woman 80s
  • Williamson County: 1 female 60s, 1 female 80, 1 female 90s
  • Winnebago County: 1 male in the 90s
  • Woodford County: 1 male in the 90s

Daily statewide hospital admissions as per IDPH: 1,558 people were hospitalized (seven down the day before), 345 patients in the ICU bed (up to 14) and 143 patients on the ventilator (one up).

Average epidemics according to IDPH: 4,920,938 trials, 268,207 cases and 8,392 deaths.

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