McLean County’s rolling positivity at 4.6%, 53 new cases of coronavirus

Posted on March 25, 2021
The health department on Thursday reported 58 new cases of coronavirus as there are 335 active cases in the county. (Graphic courtesy McLean County Health Department)

 

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – The rolling positivity rate in McLean County continues to rise and is the highest it has been since early February.

McLean County health officials say the positivity rate is 4.6%, up from 4.2% on Wednesday.

McLean County: We’ve been training for this for the past year; don’t strike out now. Our positivity rate is starting to…

Posted by McLean County Health Department on Thursday, March 25, 2021

The health department on Thursday reported 53 new cases of coronavirus as there are 335 active cases in the county. 27 McLean County residents are in the hospital due to COVID and the rest are in home isolation.

28 additional people were released from isolation, now 14,705 have recovered.

There have been 177 COVID-related deaths in the county.

COVID-19 Vaccine

Almost 64,000 doses have been administered in McLean County. Vaccine information from MCHD can be found here.

Statewide vaccine resources are available here.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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