The DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department reported new coronavirus cases for both counties Thursday.

DeWitt County is reporting one new case, a 34-year-old female in Clinton, bringing the active case count to three. Two cases have recovered.

Piatt County has one new case, a 70-year-old male in Atwood, bringing the active case count to 13. Two cases have recovered.

DeWitt County has had 35 cases total and Piatt County has had 61 cases total. 

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Thursday announced 1,834 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 24 additional confirmed death.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 200,427 cases, including 7,696 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years.  Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 46,006 specimens for a total of 3,235,807.  The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from August 6 – August 12 is 4.0%.  As of Wednesday night, 1,628 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19.  Of those, 383 patients were in the ICU and 127 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.