COVID Vaccine

A majority of Illinois counties are at low transmission, while 25 are at medium level, including Ford, Logan, Peoria and Tazewell in central Illinois.

McLean County remains at medium COVID transmission. The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) on Friday reported two more COVID-related deaths.

New coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are on the rise, compared with the last time the county released COVID data on Nov. 18.

The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) on Friday reported the death of a man in his 70s. He's the county's 403rd COVID-related death since the start of the pandemic.

The McLean County Health Department has reported four more COVID-related deaths. That brings the county's COVID death toll since the start of the pandemic to 402.

The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) said Friday the three deaths include a woman in her 80s, a man in his 80s and a man in his 90s. That brings the county's COVID death toll to 398 since the start of the pandemic.

McLean County continues to have low COVID transmission. New cases for the week are up slightly and COVID hospitalizations dropped.

McLean County saw a drop in new COVID cases and hospitalizations in the last week, and the McLean County Health Department is scheduling appointments for the new omicron booster vaccine.

A rise in COVID hospitalizations has put McLean County back into medium-level transmission, according to federal health guidelines. High-risk people in medium-level communities are encouraged to wear a mask in indoor public places.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has dropped McLean County to a low level of community transmission of COVID-19.