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Piatt County Woman Who Tested Positive for Coronavirus Last Week Has Recovered

The Piatt County woman who tested positive for the coronavirus last week has become the latest individual to recover from the illness.

 

The DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department indicates the recovery rate from coronavirus between the two counties is now 100-percent, with the one individual from DeWitt County recovered and all six cases in Piatt County recovered. 

 

In total, 230 individuals between the two counties have been tested and six total tests are pending, four in DeWitt and two in Piatt.

 

In Logan County, the inmate that is being housed at Logan Correctional has been transferred, and her case is no longer a Logan County case, bring their total to four cases, one is active and three individuals have recovered. 

 

Logan County has no tests awaiting results and 197 tests have been administered. 

 

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,151 new cases of coronavirus in Illinois, including 59 additional deaths.

 

In total, there are 31,508 cases, including 1,349 deaths, in 95 counties in Illinois.

 

28, 759 of the state's 31,508 cases are in the Chicago area, or 91-percent.

 

148,358 people in Illinois have been tested. 

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