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Piatt County Reporting Fifth Coronavirus Case; Logan County Its Third

Piatt County is reporting its fifth coronavirus case as of Thursday afternoon and Logan County is reporting their third.

 

The DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department reports a 56-year old female started having symptoms on March 21 and tested at a drive-thru clinic in Champaign on March 30.  She started self-isolation that same day. Results were received today (Thursday).  All household contacts are in a quarantine period until Saturday.

 

DeWitt County remains with zero active cases, a recovered case, five pending tests, and 58 negative tests.

 

Piatt County has administered 67 tests with 62 negatives and zero pending tests as of Thursday afternoon.

 

Logan County Thursday is reporting its third positive test. The Logan County Health Department has administered a total of 114 tests, 104 have returned negative and there are seven pending.

 

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 1,344 new cases of coronavirus in Illinois Thursday, including 66 additional deaths. Illinois' total coronavirus fatalities are now 528. 

 

Illinois is now up to 16,422 confirmed cases with 15,117 in the Chicago area. (85%)

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