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Weekend Mobile Testing Unit Performs 95 Samples

95 samples were taken over the weekend at the mobile testing unit at the DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department location on Revere Road in Clinton.

 

Results from those tests are not in yet however, the health department is reporting a large spike in cases, including multiple positive tests at Liberty Village in Clinton.

 

Monday, the health department reported 11 new cases in Clinton and four new cases in Piatt County, with three in Monticello and one in Mansfield. Sunday the Health Department did not issue a report. Saturday there were four new DeWitt County cases reported, all in Clinton, while there were three new Piatt County cases with three in Monticello and one each in Bement and Hammond.

 

Friday the health department reported three new cases in DeWitt County, all in Clinton. Piatt County reported four new cases with two in La Place and one each in Cerro Gordo and Monticello. 

 

Thursday there were 34 new cases reported in Clinton and the health department described them as, quote - "outbreak-related". There was also a new case in Weldon.

 

Last Wednesday, the health department reported six new DeWitt County cases, with five in Clinton and one in Wapella. Piatt County also reported three new cases, two in Cerro Gordo and one in Monticello.

 

The health department breaks down the new cases as four individuals under 20, nine individuals in their 20s, six individuals in their 30s, five individuals in their 40s, seven individuals in their 50s, 11 individuals in their 60s, 17 individuals in their 70s, 15 individuals in their 80s, and one female in her 90s. 

 

With these additional cases, DeWitt County has had 230 cases total while Piatt County has had 185 cases total.

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