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/ McLean County government is exploring solar energy as a way to save on its energy bill, but will likely seek financial help before the program sees the light of day. Normal Township recently had around 800 solar panels installed on the roof of the Activity and Recreation Center (ARC). That got McLean County Board member Laurie Wollrab thinking maybe the county should look into solar energy. “It has the potential to save the county quite a bit of money from my understanding and pos...

Jenny Kane / AP Bloomington-Normal hospitals remain nearly full following another surge in COVID-related hospitalizations.  The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) reported Carle BroMenn Medical Center and OSF St. Joseph Medical Center are 96% full, including 96% of intensive care beds in use. The two hospitals have 48 COVID patients under their care. Thats up from 31 reported on Friday. The McLean County Health Department announced 124 new coronavirus cases Monday. Credit McLean Count...

Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 1,860 new coronavirus cases, 27 deaths

UPDATED 4:00 P.M. | McLean County health officials hope walk-in, evening and drive-thru vaccination clinics will help get more people vaccinated against

HENDERSON, Ky. — Henderson County reported a single new confirmed case of COVID-19 Saturday. The Green River District Health Department reported 35 cases in its seven-county district Saturday, with the majority from Daviess County, where there were 25 new confirmed cases.  Other counties in the district reported single-digit new cases or no new cases: There were four in Ohio County, three in Hancock County, and one each in Union and Webster counties. McLean County reported no new COVID cases...

Tim Shelley / WGLT Originally published on April 30, 2021 4:47 pm UPDATED 4:00 P.M. | McLean County health officials hope walk-in, evening and drive-thru vaccination clinics will help get more people vaccinated against COVID-19 as demand for shots is slowing down.  Vaccinations fell nearly 33% from the week of April 19 to the week of April 26 in McLean County, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). The state reports 121,500 COVID vaccines have been put i...

==and a vaccine passport is likely to be part of it== Sounds like the “vax pass” is a different document than just merely showing your vaccine card as proof. ==Sounds like the “vax pass” is a different document than just merely showing your vaccine card as proof.== I for one would not want to risk losing the original COVID vaccine card that was hand-completed by my healthcare provider. I would, however, present it to some party who could convert it to a secure digital or laminated phys...

(HOI) -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday is reporting more than 9 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered throughout Illinois. State public health officials are reporting a total of 9,048,300 vaccines have been administered statewide, with 106,173 jabs given yesterday. The IDPH is also reporting an additional 2,728 new cases of the virus and 33 deaths, bringing the states total caseload to 1,328,454 and the death toll to 21,891. The states rolling posi...

Emily Bollinger / WGLT McLean County health officials report 87 new confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases, as the county’s testing positivity rate bounced back up a full percentage, to 5.3%. The new cases were found in a batch of about 1,000 test results returned overnight. Testing appears to be down significantly from last week. The average number of daily tests the week on April 19 was more than 1,400, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). Hospitalizati...

Carle Health UPDATED 4:25 P.M. | Children and young adults are driving up coronavirus cases in McLean County. Data from the McLean County Health Department show over half of the 458 confirmed and probable coronavirus cases reported this week involve people under age 30. Those in their 20s had the most cases (108), while children 17 and under reported 106 cases. McLean County set a new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations for the fourth day in a row with 59. MCHD public affairs coordinator Mar...