Monday’s coronavirus updates: Recovered cases up by 463 overnight in Champaign County; Mahomet-Seymour schools putting up outdoor tents – Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

Monday's coronavirus updates: Recovered cases up by 463 overnight in Champaign County; Mahomet-Seymour schools putting up outdoor tents - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette thumbnail


Mahomet tents

Eight tents — love this one on the east facet of the high college — have arrived in Mahomet for originate air scholar studying. Plans are to have two up outdoors every of the district’s four colleges by Tuesday evening, Superintendent Lindsey Hall said Monday.




For some students in the Mahomet-Seymour district, college will rapidly dawdle outdoors.

The eight tents the district ordered have arrived, Superintendent Lindsey Hall said Monday, and plans are for two to be placed outdoors every of the district’s four colleges by the discontinue of Tuesday.

The knowledge comes three days after district families learned that a Lincoln Path Indispensable trainer and Middletown Prairie Indispensable scholar had tested obvious for COVID-19.

As of Friday, these remained essentially the most sharp identified filled with life cases in the district. Thanks to publicity to the coed and trainer who tested obvious, 18 other folks remained quarantined as of Friday.




Monday active




The sequence of recovered cases in Champaign County rose by 463 in a single day Monday — presumably from UI students getting better after checking out obvious most sharp month for COVID-19.

There are now 492 filled with life and a pair of,361 recovered cases countywide, the C-U Public Health District reported Monday.

Within the interim, of 12,886 contemporary tests in the county, 67 came again obvious Monday, a rate of 0.5 percent.

Champaign County’s seven-day positivity rate dropped from 0.8 to 0.7 percent.

Hospitalizations held at three for the third straight day while the sequence of entire tests crept nearer to 300,000 (299,792).

Right here’s an up to this point rundown of county ZIP codes with filled with life cases followed by their entire sequence of cases, in accordance with C-U Public Health District data:

  • 61820/Champaign: 363 filled with life (down 272 from Sunday), 1,082 entire (up 53)
  • 61801/Urbana:  43 filled with life (down 51 from Sunday), 240 entire (up six)
  • 61821/Champaign: 16 filled with life (down 18 from Sunday), 354 entire (up one)
  • 61873/St. Joseph:  15 filled with life (down 7 from Sunday), 51 entire (unchanged)
  • 61822/Champaign:  13 filled with life (down 19 from Sunday), 218 entire (unchanged)
  • 61802/Urbana: 11 filled with life (down 7 from Sunday), 274 entire (up one)
  • 61853/Mahomet: 7 filled with life (down 4 from Sunday), 112 entire (up one)
  • 61874/Savoy: 6 filled with life (down 7 from Sunday), 82 entire (up one)
  • 61866/Rantoul: 5 filled with life (down 7 from Sunday), 282 entire (up three)
  • 61880/Tolono: 4 filled with life (down 1 from Sunday), 43 entire (unchanged)
  • 61843/Fisher:  2 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 32 entire (unchanged)
  • 61845/Foosland: 2 filled with life (unchanged Sunday), 10 entire (unchanged)
  • 61863/Pesotum: 2 filled with life (down 1 from Sunday), 10 entire (unchanged)
  • 61878/Thomasboro:  2 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 8 entire (unchanged)
  • 61877/Sidney: 1 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 16 entire (unchanged)
  • 61847/Gifford: 1 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 8 entire (unchanged)
  • 61859/Ogden: 1 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 5 entire (up one)
  • 61864/Philo:  0 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 11 entire (unchanged)
  • 61875/Seymour: 0 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 6 entire (unchanged)
  • 61849/Homer: 0 filled with life (down one from Sunday), 6 entire (unchanged)
  • 60949/Ludlow: 0 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 6 entire (unchanged)
  • 61840/Dewey:  0 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 5 entire (unchanged)
  • 61871/Royal:  0 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 5 entire (unchanged)
  • 61872/Sadorus: 0 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 3 entire (unchanged)
  • 61816/Broadlands: 0 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 1 entire (unchanged)
  • 61851/Ivesdale: 0 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 1 entire (unchanged)
  • 61862/Penfield: 0 filled with life (unchanged from Sunday), 1 entire (unchanged)



Monday cases




Right here’s an up to this point breakdown of confirmed county cases by age community, in accordance with CUPHD data:

  • 11 to 20: 966 cases (up 42 from Sunday); 28.2 percent of all tests in Champaign County
  • 21 to 30: 736 cases (up 17 from Sunday); 30.7 percent of tests
  • 31 to 40: 369 cases (up 2 from Sunday); 11.7 percent of tests
  • 41 to 50: 259 cases (up 1 from Sunday); 9.4 percent of tests
  • 51 to 60: 209 cases (up 3 from Sunday); 8.7 percent of tests
  • 10 and beneath: 133 cases (up 2 from Sunday); 1.9 percent of tests
  • 61 to 70: 107 cases (unchanged from Sunday); 5.5 percent of tests
  • 71 to 80: 51 cases (unchanged from Sunday); 2.2 percent of tests
  • 81 to 90: 32 cases (unchanged from Sunday); 1.1 percent of tests
  • 91 to 100: 11 cases (unchanged from Sunday); 0.4 percent of tests



Monday positivity




Residents in their 20s and 70s became the 370th and 371st contemporary cases Monday in Vermilion County.

With two cases also moved into the recovered/launched column Monday, the county has 57 filled with life cases.

Four residents are hospitalized with COVID-19, Vermilion County Health Division Administrator Doug Toole said.




Monday tests




Steve Hoffman, editor of Community Media Community’s Piatt County Journal-Republican, stories:

Piatt County Transportation has launched that a driver has tested obvious for COVID-19.

The employee most sharp worked on Wednesday, and used to be tested Saturday after experiencing light symptoms.

“We’re assured all protocol for PPE used to be followed, due to the this truth there is minimal threat to our riders and staff,” said PIATTRAN Director Jami Trybom. “We have reached out to someone who rode with that driver on Tuesday or Wednesday.”

She said the driver is no longer a Piatt County resident.

PIATTRAN drivers were carrying masks, and social distancing requirements were observed on buses since the COVID-19 outbreak started.

The provider will proceed to characteristic, but “out of an abundance of warning,” Trybom said rides scheduled Tuesday for these in bigger-threat wisely being classes are being canceled.

“Be assured we can beget our most sharp to update you if the quandary must swap. It our procedure to be as clear as possible with any wisely being or security assert,” she said in a originate.

Questions may more than likely even be referred to Trybom at director@piattran.org or by calling 217-762-7821.




Monday cases by category




Of 28,975 contemporary tests statewide, 1,381 came again obvious Monday, a rate of 4.8 percent.

The reveal’s seven-day positivity rate now stands at 4.2 percent on the day it surpassed the 250,000 label for entire confirmed cases (250,961) cases.

The Illinois Division of Public Health also reported eight lives misplaced to COVID-19 on Monday:

  • Coles County: 1 male 70s
  • Put together dinner County: 1 male 50s, 1 male 60s, 1 male 70s
  • DuPage County: 1 male 70s
  • Jefferson County: 1 male 90s
  • LaSalle County: 1 female 80s
  • Perry County: 1 female 90s



Sunday UI tests

Of 14,841 tests Thursday on campus, 88 contemporary cases emerged, in accordance with contemporary data supplied by the College of Illinois.

With Labor Day weekend totals yet to be added, the seven-day positivity rate on campus stood at 1.1 percent.

Since students started nice looking in on Aug. 16, there were 1,420 contemporary cases.

Since classes started on Aug. 24, there were 1,138 contemporary cases.

Right here’s a breakdown of contemporary, abnormal cases by day, in accordance with the UI’s COVID-19 dashboard:

  • Thursday, Sept. 3: 14,841 contemporary tests, 88 contemporary cases
  • Wednesday, Sept. 2: 7,089 contemporary tests, 120 contemporary cases
  • Tuesday, Sept. 1: 14,367 contemporary tests, 199 contemporary cases
  • Monday, Aug. 31: 17,227 contemporary tests, 230 contemporary cases
  • Sunday, Aug. 30: 3,640 contemporary tests, 104 contemporary cases
  • Saturday, Aug. 29: 2,895 contemporary tests, 50 contemporary cases
  • Friday, Aug. 28: 15,030 contemporary tests, 65 contemporary cases
  • Thursday, Aug. 27: 15,123 contemporary tests, 60 contemporary cases
  • Wednesday, Aug. 26: 6,812 contemporary tests, 54 contemporary cases
  • Tuesday, Aug. 25: 15,850 contemporary tests, 89 contemporary cases
  • Monday, Aug. 24: 17,656 contemporary tests, 79 contemporary cases
  • Sunday, Aug. 23: 4,474 contemporary tests, 53 contemporary cases
  • Saturday, Aug. 22: 3,326 contemporary tests, 43 contemporary cases
  • Friday, Aug. 21: 10,877 contemporary tests, 54 contemporary cases
  • Thursday, Aug. 20: 10,742 contemporary tests, 52 contemporary cases
  • Wednesday, Aug. 19: 6,300 contemporary tests, 29 contemporary cases
  • Tuesday, Aug. 18: 6,162 contemporary tests, 20 contemporary cases
  • Monday, Aug. 17: 9,064 contemporary tests, 24 contemporary cases
  • Sunday, Aug. 16: 2,453 contemporary tests, 7 contemporary cases



Cerro Gordo HS




Studies the Piatt County Journal-Republican’s Steve Hoffman:

College students at Cerro Gordo Excessive College are being moved to distant studying until no lower than Sept. 21 after seven other folks there tested obvious for COVID-19 since Thursday. Four of the cases were reported Thursday and Friday, with one more three over the weekend.

In-person studying will proceed on the basic and junior high colleges.

“We’re committed to offering your child and our staff with a steady and healthy atmosphere. In recount to beget that, we desire all individuals’s serve for parents that will more than likely well be out in public: Please effect on masks indoors, social distance, and continually wash or sanitize your hands,” the district posted on its web mutter and social media on Sunday.

“Thanks for your working out and ongoing cooperation with our COVID prevention insurance policies and procedures as we work to serve defend your adolescence, your families, and our staff and their families,” continued the announcement.

The originate also said the district will “proceed our ongoing monitoring of students and staff for indicators and symptoms of illness and review of illness stories to promptly title possible outbreaks. Our custodial staff will proceed to deep natty and disinfect the areas impacted by possible publicity to the COVID-19 virus.”

The college district is coordinating its efforts with the DeWitt-Piatt Bi-County Health Division to title other folks who’ve had most widespread contact with the COVID-19 obvious other folks to forestall extra spread of the virus contained in the college and neighborhood.

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