DeWitt County lost a resident to COVID in the latest report from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department.

Executive Director of the DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department Dave Remmert says the individual was a man in his 80s who began experiencing onset COVID symptoms in mid-September and passed away late last week.

According to Remmert, it continues to be critical to protecting as best we can the most vulnerable populations, often, the elderly.

In DeWitt County from Saturday and Sunday, there were reported to be 12 new cases with eight on Saturday and four on Sunday. Piatt County reported two new cases over the weekend.

DeWitt County now has a total of 139 cases while Piatt County has 145.