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Photo courtesy to MCHD Facebook IDPH regularly pulls random samples for sequencing that help detect new variants and better understand these variants at a statewide level, and even across the United States. “IDPH and private labs pull random sample,” said Marianne Manko, MCHD Public Affairs Coordinator. “That just gives you an idea of where the variants are. We (the health department) just need to know how the virus is mutating. That helps us understand what is happening with the virus. T...

The McLean County Health Department is reporting 14 new COVID=19 cases on Tuesday. The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) is reporting 14 new confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases Tuesday. That’s the lowest single-day total reported since March 4, when the department confirmed just 12 infections. The new cases were found in a batch of about 400 test results returned in the past day. McLean County’s testing positivity rate (7-day rolling) held at 2.4%. The active caseload continues to dr...

Today, May 24, McLean County Chairman John McIntyre will announce the names of the members of a bipartisan ad ...

Some Republicans have accused Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker of going back on his campaign promise that he would not sign a partisan-drawn map. Heres what he said when asked about the issue Wednesday.  Illinois lawmakers responded Saturday to the first draft of the long-awaited proposed state legislative maps, which were released late Friday, setting off the once-a-decade process wrought with bitter, partisan strife.  Democrats dubbed their proposal “a fair map” that represents the...

Illinois lawmakers responded Saturday to the first draft of the long-awaited proposed state legislative maps, which were released late Friday, setting off the once-a-decade process wrought with bitter, partisan strife.

/ McLean County is currently split between three House districts. That would increase to five under the maps released Friday. One Democrat and possibly two could wind up representing parts of Bloomington-Normal if the Democrat-drawn state legislative maps released Friday come to fruition. The new maps, released late Friday, are not finalized and could change as public hearings are held later this month. There would then be an election using the new maps, which are redrawn once every 10 years f...

WGLT The number of vaccine doses administered in McLean County is down 5.7% week-over-week. Its nearly 60% below a peak in vaccinations in mid-April. The McLean County Health Department reported 20 new confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, as the county’s testing positivity rate held mostly steady at 3.1%. The new cases were found in a batch of about 1,200 test results returned overnight. The county’s total caseload is now 18,184. The death toll remains at 227. One additional c...

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 curre...

McLean County Health Department administrator Jessica McKnight says the county is still waiting for formal guidance from state on the CDC's new mask guidelines.

McLean County has topped 18,000 coronavirus cases. McLean County announced its lowest count of new coronavirus cases in more than two months on Thursday, but another COVID-related death and steady hospitalizations show the pandemic isn’t over. The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) reported 17 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases from a batch of 1,300 tests returned overnight. That’s the lowest single-day count since March 10. It puts the county’s total caseload since the st...