OTTAWA - Three new deaths and over 80 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in LaSalle County on Friday. According to the LaSalle County Health Department, this
OTTAWA - The LaSalle County Health Department on Saturday reported that new cases of COVID-19 barely edged out newly recovered individuals. They announced 62
OTTAWA - Forty-one new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 were reported in LaSalle County. According to the LaSalle County Health Department, 102
December 31, 2020
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OTTAWA – No coronavirus related deaths were reported on New Year’s Eve by the LaSalle County Health Department. The LCHD did, however, confirm 64 new cases and 30 additional recovered cases. Since the pandemic began, the county health department has confirmed 8,442 total cases with 5,614 of those now recovered. Throughout Illinois, 8,009 new confirmed and probable cases were reported, along with 133 deaths. In total, Illinois has seen 963,389 coronavirus cases with 16,490 related deaths.
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CHICAGO (WLS) COVID-19 vaccinations for residents at LaSalle Veterans Home began Tuesday, while vaccinations for staff members started Wednesday.
It s the first step in the process at the LaSalle Veterans Home. The interim administrator says residents and employees will continue to take all the necessary precautions to stay healthy. This is a good week. We are finally able to get the vaccine here at the home, said Anthony Vaughn, LaSalle Veterans Home Interim Administrator.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 35 residents have died from COVID-19 and there have been more than 200 cases among residents and employees. The staff was heartbroken that the virus got in here and the toll that it takes, Vaughn said. Everything death is personal. These are our residents and veterans that they have been looking at after day in and day out.