Tuesday’s coronavirus updates: Ford’s second death in a week, linked to long-term care outbreak; Vermilion reports 11 new positive tests; 33 new cases in Champion County | Corona virus




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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Vermillion County rose 11 to 382 on Tuesday.

County Health Administrator Doug Toole said the new cases involved members of the same household.

Crash by age 11:

  • As a teenager
  • Three in 20
  • One in 30
  • One in the 50s
  • Two in the 60s
  • Two in the 70s
  • One in 80

The county’s positivity rates are 1.78 percent (single-day) and 2.6 percent (seven-day).




Ford on Tuesday

For the second time in a week, Ford County has lost a coronavirus resident.

On Tuesday afternoon, a Ford health official told News-Gazette’s Deb Presby that the county’s fourth casualty was a man in his 80s who had a Covid-19 outbreak at Pacoston’s Ecoled Healthcare on Pales.

On Tuesday, the county health department reported four new confirmed COVID-19 cases at Ford.

That brings Ford’s case to a total of 150. Out of them, 100 people have been released from loneliness, 115 are being separated from home and one has been admitted to hospital.




The county is active on Tuesday




Of the 14,456 new tests, 33 returned positive in Champion County on Tuesday at a rate of 0.2 percent.

The number of hospital admissions for the fourth day in a row in Champion County has been three, with a seven-day positivity rate of 0.6 percent.

The number of active cases has increased to 32 (from 524) while recovered cases have been reported to one (up to 2,362).

During the epidemic, there have now been 2,906 cases in 314,248 trials.



Tuesday: County tests




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

  • 61820 / Champion: 390 active (Monday to 27), 1,110 total (28 up)
  • 61801 / Urbana: 46 active (three up from Monday), 243 total (three up)
  • 61821 / Champion: 16 active (as of Monday), 354 total (as is)
  • 61873 / std. Joseph: 15 active (unchanged since Monday), 51 total (unchanged)
  • 61822 / Champion: 13 active (as of Monday), 218 total (as is)
  • 61802 / Urbana: 12 active (1 up from Monday), 275 total (one up)
  • 61853 / Mahom: 7 active (as of Monday), 112 total (as is)
  • 61874 / Savoy: 6 active (as of Monday), 82 total (as is)
  • 61866 / Rentol: 5 active (as of Monday), 282 total (as is)
  • 61880 / tolono: 5 active (1 up from Monday), 44 total (one up)
  • 61843 / Fisher: 2 active (as of Monday), 32 total (as is)
  • 61863 / pasotum: 2 active (unchanged since Monday), 10 total (unchanged)
  • 61878 / Thomasborough: 2 active (unchanged since Monday), 8 total (unchanged)
  • 61877 / Sydney: 1 active (unchanged since Monday), 16 total (unchanged)
  • 61847 / Gifford: 1 active (as of Monday), 8 total (as of)
  • 61859 / Ogden: 1 active (unchanged since Monday), 5 total (unchanged)
  • 61864 / Philo: 0 active (unchanged since Monday), 11 total (unchanged)
  • 61845 / Fuzland: 0 active (down two from Monday), 10 total (unchanged)
  • 61875 / Seymour: 0 active (as of Monday), 6 total (as of)
  • 61849 / Homer: 0 active (as of Monday), 6 total (as of)
  • 60949 / Ludlow: 0 active (as of Monday), 6 total (as of)
  • 61840 / Davy: 0 active (unchanged since Monday), 5 total (unchanged)
  • 61871 / Royal: 0 active (unchanged since Monday), 5 total (unchanged)
  • 61872 / sedorus: 0 active (unchanged since Monday), 3 total (unchanged)
  • 61816 / Broadlands: 0 active (unchanged since Monday), 1 total (unchanged)
  • 61851 / Evesdale: 0 active (unchanged since Monday), 1 total (unchanged)
  • 61862 / Penfield: 0 active (unchanged since Monday), 1 total (unchanged)



Tuesday: County case




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

  • 11 to 20: 994 cases (up 28 from Monday); 29.2 percent of all tests in Champion County
  • 21 to 30: 741 cases (Monday through 5); 31.0 percent tests
  • 31 to 40: 369 cases (as of Monday); 11.4 percent tests
  • 41 to 50: 260 cases (Monday through 1 up); 9.2 percent tests
  • 51 to 60: 209 cases (as of Monday); 8..5 percent tests
  • 10 and under: 132 cases (one case was removed from Monday’s total); 1.8 percent tests
  • 61 to 70: 107 cases (as of Monday); Tests 5.3 percent
  • 71 to 80: 51 cases (as of Monday); Tests 2.2 percent
  • 81 to 90: 32 cases (as of Monday); 1.1 percent tests
  • 91 to 100: 11 cases (as of Monday); 0.4 percent tests



Tuesday: UI positivity




With three days of value data still input, the number of unique COVID-19 cases has been 1,242 since classes began Aug. 24 on the University of Illinois campus.

On Tuesday, the UI’s COVID-19 dashboard added a daily average of 14,204 new tests, 104 new cases, and a positivity rate of 0.7 percent.

The dashboard is missing Labor Day weekend data for Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

The seven-day positivity rate on campus has been 1.2 percent since Friday’s update.



Tuesday: UI tests




Here’s a daily breakdown of tests and unique cases since students began reporting to campus in mid-August, according to UI’s KVID-19 dashboard:

  • Friday, Sept. 4. 14,204 new tests, 104 new cases
  • Thursday, September 3: 14,841 new tests, 88 new cases
  • Wednesday, September 2: 7,089 new tests, 120 new cases
  • Tuesday, September 1: 14,367 new tests, 199 new cases
  • Monday, August 31: 17,227 new tests, 230 new cases
  • Sunday, Aug 30: 3,640 new tests, 104 new cases
  • Saturday, August. 29: 2,895 new tests, 50 new cases
  • Friday, 28: Gust: 15,030 new tests, 65 new cases
  • Thursday, Aug 27: 15,123 new tests, 60 new cases
  • Wednesday, Aug 26: 6,812 new tests, 54 new cases
  • Tuesday, August 25: 15,850 new tests, 89 new cases
  • Monday, Aug 24 17,656 new tests, 79 new cases
  • Sunday, August. 23: 4,474 new tests, 53 new cases
  • Saturday, 22 Aug Gust: 3,326 new tests, 43 new cases
  • Friday, 21 Aug Gust: 10,877 new tests, 54 new cases
  • Thursday, 20 Aug Gust: 10,742 new tests, 52 new cases
  • Wednesday, August 19: 6,300 new tests, 29 new cases
  • Tuesday, August 18: 6,162 new tests, 20 new cases
  • Monday, August. 17: 9,064 new tests, 24 new cases
  • Sunday, Aug 16 2,453 new tests, 7 new cases


Tuesday: UI case





News-Gazette correspondent, St. Joseph-Ogden High School student tested positive for COVID-19 Nora Mayberry-Daniels Reports.

Superintendent Brian Brooks said the student tested positive over the weekend. Brooks said that due to the time of the positive test and the original contact of the student, as well as the fact that the students had not been to school since Thursday, the CU Public Health District had no concerns about any further student or school staff contact. From this special case.

The school also disinfects classrooms every day.

Four students who have long been identified as ga close contact with a positive student have been placed in a 14-day quarantine to help prevent further spread of COVID-19, Brooks said.

The positive student will also be separated for 14 days.

“Our parents have been excellent at understanding the protocol we have taken, and the health department has been very helpful and responsive,” Brooks said. “This was expected when you were easily infected with this type of virus, which is why it is so important to stick to the procedure and keep in touch with the health department.” Accelerate any changes made. ”

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

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. “

– 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 18 arrests.

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

– Sep Sept. Paxton-Buckley-Loda Announced that a high school student has tested positive. Superintendent Cliff M. McClure sent a similar note to the families on Aug. 21, when a fourth-grader 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 to be two students from Rentoul JW Eater Junior High According to Principal Scott Woods, no other students or staff were at risk of being in close contact in either case, the test was positive.

– After four students tested positive for COVID-19, Salt fork high Aug 28 Gust announced that it will switch from individual class to full distance learning over the next two weeks. The district hopes to resume personal education and athletics by Sept. 14, Superintendent Phil Cox said.


Of the 31,363 new tests nationwide, 1,392 returned positive on Tuesday, at a rate of 4.4 percent.

The state’s seven-day positivity rate fell to 4.0 per cent from 4.2 per cent.

The Illinois Department of Public Health also reported the deaths of seven people in COVID-19 on Tuesday:

  • Clinton County: 1 male 40s, 1 male 80s
  • Cook County: 1 male 30s
  • Jackson County: 1 male 40s
  • Montgomery County: 1 female 90s
  • Williamson County: 1 male 70s, 1 female 90s

During the epidemic, 252,353 cases occurred in 4,478,710 trials. There have been 8,186 coronavirus-related deaths across the state, according to IDPH.




Tuesday County Positivity




No residents or staff at PIT County Nursing Home tested positive for COVID-19 since the employee reported a positive test on Aug. 26. Steve Hoffman, Editor of Community Media Group Pyatt County Journal-Republican.

“We have not yet received a positive result from our test,” Nursing Home Administrator Scott Port said Tuesday.

He said the case began a weekly trial by the state last month. The results of the first round were all negative, and the staff was tested a second time on Tuesday.

“Overall, it appears that, at least despite being in contact with that employee, there hasn’t been a transmission,” Port said. He warned that, with 300 tests being carried out at the Monticello facility, there could be false positives.

The port also said that the employee who tested positive in the gust has recovered and should return to work later this week.

If the second round of weekly testing produces all the negatives, the nursing home will likely return to the monthly testing of employees and residents.

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