/ 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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The McLean County Health Department COVID vaccination clinics have been cut back to 2-3 days per week.
McLean County health officials announced two additional COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, but said no county residents are hospitalized with COVID-19.
According to McLean County Health Department (MCHD) data compiled by WGLT, that marks the first time since last August that no McLean County residents are in the hospital with COVID complications.
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The McLean County Health Department announced 24 new coronavirus cases and two COVID-related deaths in the last week.
MCHD also reported 24 new coronavirus cases since last Wednesday, the last time the county released COVID data. Since that time, 36 people have been released from quarantine and are considered recovered. Those positive tests came from about 4,700 tests.