80 new COVID cases in McLean County

Posted on August 28, 2020

*McLean County’s overall positivity rate is 3.1%. (Graphic courtesy McLean County Health Department)*

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – The rolling positivity rate continues to inch up in McLean County as local health officials Friday announced 80 new cases of coronavirus.

There are 529 active cases, according to McLean County Health Department Administrator Jessica McKnight. Three people remain hospitalized and 526 are isolating at home.

Most of the new cases are people ages 18-29, as about half of the county’s 1,372 confirmed cases are people in that age range.

The county’s rolling seven-day positivity rate continues to rise at 8.6%, above the statewide rate of 4.1%.

MCHD said 47 additional people have been released from isolation, as 827 residents have recovered. There have been 16-COVID related deaths.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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