December 16, 2020
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department confirmed 5 more coronavirus related deaths: 2 individuals in their 70’s, 2 in their 80’s, and 1 in their 90’s. There have now been a total of 186 COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began in LaSalle County. The LCHD also reported 105 new cases and 99 recoveries for a total of 7,677 coronavirus cases with 4,692 now recovered.
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December 15, 2020
OTTAWA – 5 more individuals, residents ranging in age from their 70’s to their 100’s, in LaSalle County have reportedly died from COVID-19 related complications. 57 new cases and 66 additional recoveries were reported in the county as well. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the LaSalle County Health Department has confirmed 181 coronavirus related deaths and 7,575 cases with 4,593 of those cases now recovered. Statewide, the Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed 7,359 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus along with 117 deaths. Overall, the state has seen 863,477 cases and 14,509 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
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JAMIE MUNKS, RICK PEARSON and DAN PETRELLA
Chicago Tribune
As a young man in the Army Air Forces during World War II, Jerome Liesse flew around the globe, delivering supplies to far-flung U.S. troops, his granddaughter said.
Because of the coronavirus, Liesse, 95 and no longer capable of getting around on his own, spent much of this year confined to his room at a state-run veterans home in LaSalle, a few miles from Starved Rock State Park.
Like other long-term care facilities across the state, the LaSalle Veteransâ Home shut down indoor, in-person visits in an effort to keep the deadly virus outside its walls. Liesse was only able to see Evelan, his wife of more than 40 years, twice during those eight months â once separated by plexiglass â and held her hand just one time, in August after she had a stroke, granddaughter Jill Funfsinn said.
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December 12, 2020
LaSalle County Health Department – Studstill Media Photo
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department on Saturday confirmed 99 new cases of COVID-19 and one death related to the novel coronavirus. A man in his 70’s was the latest to pass away, marking the 174th death in the county. The drive-thru testing site in Peru will be open Sunday from 8 AM – 4 PM at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport. The testing will be free and will be a simple nasal swab. They do ask you bring your insurance card if possible, and that you do not have to have symptoms or be sick to be tested.