One La Salle County man in his 80s and another in his 90s has died of COVID-19-like headaches, according to data shared Wednesday through the La Salle County Department of Health.
The two additional deaths raise the county’s total to 37 since the start of the pandemic, and death number 19 this month.
15 new cases have been reported, bringing the county total to more than 1,000 cases to 1010 cases since the virus began. La Salle County is the seventeenth county in Illinois to exceed 1,000 COVID-19 instances and is the 18th largest county in the state in terms of population.
There were 22 other people freed from solitary confinement, bringing the number to 517; there are 456 known active cases throughout the county.
Two teenagers, two women in their twenties, a boy in their thirties, a boy in their forties, five men in their fifties, a woguy of 60, a woguy of 60 came back positive.
19,794 tests were conducted among citizens of La Salle County, of which 5.1% returned from the virus.
Since Tuesday’s report, knowledge of the Illinois Department of Public Health’s zip code has been updated as follows (these figures rarely fall behind the County Department of Health’s daily reports):
Streator has recorded 4 other cases shown, bringing the existing total to 170 since the start of the pandemic.
Mendota had three cases, bringing his total to 219.
Marseille recorded two more cases, bringing its total to 79.
Peru had two more cases, which raised its total to 58.
Sheridan had two cases, which raised his total to 40.
Utica had two more cases, which raised his total to 13.
Ottawa had one more case, bringing its total to 165.
Peru remains in the cases.
Oglesby in 36 cases.
Somonauk, located in DeKalb County, remains in 29 cases.
Earlville in 19 cases.
Grand Ridge in 15 cases.
Seneca in 15 cases.
Leland in 10 cases.
Wenona, which is basically located in Marshall County, remains in 10 cases.
The loser in 8 cases.
COVID-1nine driving control must be conducted from nine a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesdays at the La Salle County Emergency Management Agency at 711 E. Etna Road, Ottawa. This verification site is open to everyone, regardless of symptoms. People make an appointment by calling 815-433-3366 before arriving at the site.