MCHD analyzes COVID numbers with local hospitals, 25 residents hospitalized

Posted on April 29, 2021
Below is a breakdown showing the number of cases admitted and discharged since the start of the year. (Graphic courtesy McLean County Health Department)

 

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – As of Wednesday, local health officials said there were 61 McLean County residents in the hospital due to COVID. In Thursday’s update, that number dropped to 25.

The McLean County Health Department says it analyzed numbers this week with the two local hospitals. The health department says this audit allowed them to reconcile a number of hospitalized cases that had been discharged, but the information had not yet made it into the contact tracing database.

Below is a breakdown showing the number of cases admitted and discharged since the start of the year.

2021  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  Totals 
Admitted  45  24  31  77  177 
Discharged  152 
               25 

Local health officials Thursday reported 57 new cases of coronavirus. The county’s rolling positivity rate inched up to 5.2%.

90 additional people were released from isolation, now 16,757 are considered recovered.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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