Five new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Vermilion County.
Vermilion County Health Department Administrator Doug Toole says the new cases are two residents in their 40’s, one resident in their 20’s and two teenagers.
The county currently has 27 active cases, with one person in the hospital and the remaining 26 on home isolation.
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 1,231 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 18 deaths.
- Cook County: 1 male 30s, 1 male 40s, 1 male 50s, 2 females 60s, 3 males 60s, 1 female 70s, 2 male 70s, 1 male 90s
- DuPage County: 1 male 50s, 1 female 90s
- Peoria County: 1 female 50s
- Winnebago County: 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 172,655 cases and 7,416 deaths. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity is 3.8%. As of Sunday night, 1,417 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 350 patients were in the ICU and 124 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
Governor J.B. Pritzker was in Quincy Monday morning, where he emphasized that the state will not be back to normal until next year.
“You’ve seen there’s progress on vaccines and treatments, and we’re not there yet, and frankly, we’re not going to be there until 2021 in my humble opinion,” he said. “I’m not a doctor but that’s what my observation is.”
Adams County is one of four in the state issued coronavirus outbreak warnings.
