McLean County health officials announced nine new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, while the positivity rate continues to steady after an early July surge.The nine new cases follow Tuesday's announcement of 17 new cases and brings the county's overall confirmed number of COVID-19 cases to 411.
The McLean County Health Department said the number of active COVID-19 cases has dropped as 14 patients are considered recovered over the last 24 hours. Two remain hospitalized and 68 people are isolating at home.
Fifteen patients have died and 326 people are considered recovered after being released from isolation.
Normal Fire Chief Mick Humer said Wednesday that 10 firefighters who were isolated following an outbreak at the department have tested negative and returned to work.
Five other firefighters who tested positive for COVID-19 have all displayed COVID-19 symptoms and are in various stages of recovery, Humer said.
McLean County’s seven-day positivity rate stands at 2.2%. The rate has fluctuated marginally over the last 12 days after jumping to as high as 3% on July 11. The positivity rate in McLean County since the start of the pandemic remains 2.1% based on more than 19,800 tests.
Record testing
The COVID-19 testing site at the Interstate Center in Bloomington conducted 468 tests on Tuesday, even though the site closed for about an hour because of severe storms in the area. The site has administered more than 400 tests each of the last two days and five times since July 6.
McLean County’s first rural testing clinic is from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at Colfax Village office, 307 N. Harrison St., weather permitting. Drive-thru and walk-up testing will be available in the parking lot.
The county health department partnered with Chestnut Health Systems to establish weekly testing sites in smaller communities throughout the county.
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