Record hospitalizations
A record 45 McLean County residents are hospitalized with COVID-19. All but 2% of Bloomington-Normal hospital beds are full, while 88% of intensive care beds are occupied. Carle BroMenn Medical Center and OSF St. Joseph Medical Center have 43 COVID patients under their care.
MCHD said 545 people are isolating at home and 119 people have recovered in the last 24 hours. The count of those who have been released from quarantine is 15,360.
McLean County’s seven-day testing positivity rate stands at 5.5%. That’s up slightly from Thursday and close to the cumulative rate of 5.6%, based on more than 288,900 tests conducted since the start of the pandemic.
Record hospitalizations
A record 45 McLean County residents are hospitalized with COVID-19. All but 2% of Bloomington-Normal hospital beds are full, while 88% of intensive care beds are occupied. Carle BroMenn Medical Center and OSF St. Joseph Medical Center have 43 COVID patients under their care.
MCHD said 545 people are isolating at home and 119 people have recovered in the last 24 hours. The count of those who have been released from quarantine is 15,360.
McLean County’s seven-day testing positivity rate stands at 5.5%. That’s up slightly from Thursday and close to the cumulative rate of 5.6%, based on more than 288,900 tests conducted since the start of the pandemic.
Eric Stock / WGLT
Originally published on April 7, 2021 3:09 pm
McLean County added to its record total of COVID-19 hospitalizations on Wednesday as 97% of Bloomington-Normal hospital beds are occupied.
The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) said 43 McLean County residents are hospitalized with COVID. Carle BroMenn Medical Center and OSF St. Joseph Medical Center report 96% of intensive care beds are full. The two hospitals have 39 COVD patients under their care.
The county reported 111 new confirmed and probable daily coronavirus cases, from a batch of about 1,500 tests tabulated overnight. Seventy-one more people have completed their time in quarantine since Tuesday and 15,216 people are now considered recovered.
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