Vermilion County has seven new cases of COVID-19.
The new cases are two residents in their 40’s, one resident in their 30’s, one resident in their 20’s, one teenager and two grade school-aged children. The county’s total number of active cases remains at 32.
The Vermilion County Health Department says only one person is in the hospital with the coronavirus, with the remaining 31 in isolation. Four of the new cases are from the same household.
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 1,624 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois on Thursday, including 20 additional confirmed deaths.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 166,925 cases and 7,367 deaths. The preliminary seven-day statewide case positivity is 3.4%. As of Wednesday night, 1,473 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 309 patients were in the ICU and 135 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
