Coronavirus

Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic some people have not left it. Most people have moved beyond. Those with Long COVID still contend with what the virus wrought.

WGLT talks to three people from Bloomington-Normal who've managed to avoid the virus.

Five years ago this month, COVID-19 arrived in McLean County and around the country. Take a look back at some of WGLT's most striking images from the early days of COVID.

The Central Illinois long COVID study is entering a new stage exploring how to enroll people in treatment, and how doctors can better treat the disease when it starts.

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

Hospitals are facing a capacity crunch just in time for the holidays. That's due to respiratory viruses, but COVID-19 isn't the biggest driver of hospitalizations this winter. Instead, medical officials say an earlier-than-usual onset of RSV, coupled with an influenza wave, are packing emergency departments to capacity.

The McLean County Health Department reports two more COVID-related deaths, including a man in his 60s and a man in his 80s. COVID cases and hospitalizations are steady in McLean County.

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.