58 new cases of coronavirus in McLean County

Posted on May 24, 2021
39% of McLean County’s population has been fully vaccinated. (WJBC file photo)

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – McLean County health officials Monday reported 58 new cases of coronavirus from over the weekend.

There are 26 McLean County residents hospitalized due to COVID and 196 are isolating at home. The county’s rolling positivity rate inched down to 2.4%.

73 additional people were released from isolation and are considered recovered.

There have been 227 COVID-related deaths in the county.

COVID Vaccine

39% of McLean County’s population has been fully vaccinated.

The Illinois Department of Public Health encourages people to register with V-Safe, a smartphone-based tool that uses text messages and surveys to provide personalized health check-ins after you recieved a COVID vaccine.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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