/ Javier Valle with Reditus Labs takes a swab from a motorist at the COVID-19 drive-thru testing facility at the Interstate Center in Bloomington
McLean County s largest coronavirus testing facility for much of the last year, the Interstate Center in Bloomington, will close its testing site at the end of July, and the area s largest vaccination site also has set a timetable for shutting down.
Private health care providers say they are ready to continue the public health response.
At its peak last November, the Interstate Center was conducting more than 1,000 coronavirus tests per day, according to data provided by the McLean County Emergency Management Agency and compiled by WGLT. At the time, the county s positivity rate was in double digits. New cases were coming in by the hundreds daily.
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A health care worker administers a throat swab test at a drive-in COVID-19 testing center.
McLean County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations, active caseload and testing positivity rate are down, as health officials report 70 new confirmed or probable coronavirus cases over the weekend.
The new cases bring the county’s total to 18,123 since the start of the pandemic. The testing positivity rate (7-rolling) fell to 2.5% the first time since March 17 the rate has dipped below 3%.
There are currently 21 McLean County residents being treated for COVID complications, down from 35 patients reported on Friday. That’s a 40% drop in hospitalizations over the last three days, reported the McLean County Health Department (MCHD).