After a late-summer surge of COVID cases, the numbers are starting to go down.

DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department Executive Director Dave Remmert tells Regional Radio cases have steadily been going down for several weeks after a brief, small surge in August.

Remmert continues to be pleased with the trends in vaccinations in the two-county area. He says Piatt County remains ahead of DeWitt County but neither is close to the least vaccinated areas in Illinois.

The latest data from the Health Department as of Sunday, October 10 is 19 active cases in Piatt County and 13 active cases in DeWitt County. Saturday, October 9 there were no new reported cases in Piatt County and only one apiece in DeWitt and Piatt Counties from Sunday, October 10.