With temperatures rising (today’s high: 98), COVID-19 case counts falling (active in Champaign County: 67) and a loaded local entertainment lineup, this is the weekend to put off the yard work and get out of the house
The first wave of eviction cases that have been halted through the pandemic are about to hit Illinois courts, and housing advocates are urging anyone behind on rent to apply for assistance as soon as possible.
The county board plans to devote a study session June 29 to begin the process of what can be done about lack of broadband access in what may be thousands of homes in the county.
Thursday brought six new COVID-19 cases out of 2,363 new tests in Champaign County.
The century-old Urbana & Champaign Sanitary District is facing a more than $2.5 million deficit for next year, in part because thousands of customers haven’t paid their bills during the pandemic.
“I think the state is really encouraging anyone over the age of 12 to get the vaccine, so that is why they’re not pushing blended learning for middle and high school students,” Superintendent Jennifer Ivory-Tatum said during Tuesday night's school board meeting.
Out of 3,481 new COVID-19 tests in the past day, there were four new positives in Champaign County.
Two Champaign County department heads have suggested some of their employees receive nearly a year’s worth of back premium pay if they worked in person during the pandemic.
Parkland students and employees self-reported 363 cases of COVID-19 from Aug. 6, 2020, to June 6, 2021, with 100 of those being students and employees on campus.
“It likely will take years; however, through public health measures and the equitable distribution and deployment of highly effective vaccines ... the virus can be brought under control globally."
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 194,217 (+201) ... DeWitt, 11,037 (+13) ... Douglas, 12,707 (+42) ... Ford, 10,323 (+5) ... Iroquois, 17,624 (+12) ... Piatt, 13,341 (+17) ... Vermilion, 42,765 (+37).
Today, we continue a summer-long series on area businesses that have survived the toll-taking pandemic. Next up: The Ribeye in Champaign.
COVID-19 cases in Champaign County rose by two Monday, and active cases continued on a downward slide.
“Family members said instead of everyone coming together on that day, every time they would go somewhere and saw somebody they hadn’t seen, it would just be brought up: ‘Oh, sorry for your loss,’" says St. Joseph funeral home director David Patton. "It was just harder for the closure process for the families, and for the people who knew someone for their whole lives, and you’re not able to go pay their respects.”
Friday may have been the first time Champaign County started out the day without any new COVID-19 cases since infections began spreading.
A woman in her 70s was the 153rd Champaign County resident to die of COVID-19, according to Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Administrator Julie Pryde.
Move comes the same day as state moves to Phase 5 of COVID-19 plan.
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 192,509 (+944) ... DeWitt, 10,921 (+51) ... Douglas, 12,599 (+42) ... Ford, 10,198 (+16) ... Iroquois, 17,516 (+64) ... Piatt, 13,263 (+85) ... Vermilion, 42,404 (+160).
Out of 2,730 new COVID-19 tests in Champaign County in the past day, there were 10 new positives Thursday.
There were 103 active cases in Champaign County, 10 fewer than on Tuesday, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District.
The Happy Horse Hangout has been a popular part of the parking lot outside Windsor Road Christian Church in Champaign for a number of years.
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 190,637 (+478) ... DeWitt, 10,823 (+36) ... Douglas, 12,520 (+41) ... Ford, 10,129 (+15) ... Iroquois, 17,388 (+32) ... Piatt, 13,109 (+24) ... Vermilion, 42,026 (+43).
A woman in her 80s became the 152nd Champaign County resident to die of COVID-19.
While active COVID-19 cases have been on the decline in Champaign County, the disease has also claimed the lives of six county residents since the start of May.
Champaign County's active case count now stands at 114 — and dropping — with two C-U ZIP codes down to single digits: 61802/Urbana, 20; 61821/Champaign, 18; Mahomet, 15; 61822/Champaign, 13; Rantoul, 10; 61820/Champaign, 7; 61801/Urbana, 7.
Two men in their 50s were the latest Champaign County residents to die of COVID-19.
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 190,415 (+536) ... DeWitt, 10,506 (+25) ... Douglas, 12,269 (+103) ... Ford, 10,032 (+21) ... Iroquois, 17,144 (+22) ... Piatt, 12,940 (+23) ... Vermilion, 39,075 (+115).
A man in his 80s became the 149th Champaign County resident to die of COVID-19.
URBANA — Champaign County courthouse visitors and employees who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer have to wear masks in the public building.
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 189,879 (+485) ... DeWitt, 10,481 (+59) ... Douglas, 12,166 (+13) ... Ford, 10,011 (+88) ... Iroquois, 17,122 (+48) ... Piatt, 12,917 (+60) ... Vermilion, 38,960 (+64).
For a second day in row, the number of county residents hospitalized with COVID rose by three, and now stands at 15.
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 189,394 (+851) ... DeWitt, 10,422 (+6) ... Douglas, 12,153 (+15) ... Ford, 9,923 (+52) ... Iroquois, 17,074 (+45) ... Piatt, 12,857 (+15) ... Vermilion, 38,896 (+70).
COVID-19 cases in Champaign County rose by 22 Wednesday, with 384 new tests reported.
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 188,543 (+143) ... DeWitt, 10,416 (+12) ... Douglas, 12,138 (+9) ... Ford, 9,871 (+2) ... Iroquois, 17,029 (+12) ... Piatt, 12,842 (+5) ... Vermilion, 38,826 (+27).
Carle Health plans to wrap up its long-running COVID-19 vaccine site at the Kohl’s plaza at the end of this week and transfer vaccinations to two clinic locations.
COVID-19 cases in Champaign County were up by five Tuesday, out of 1,351 new tests.
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 188,400 (+201) ... DeWitt, 10,404 (+23) ... Douglas, 12,129 (+18) ... Ford, 9,869 (+8) ... Iroquois, 17,017 (+18) ... Piatt, 12,837 (+12) ... Vermilion, 38,799 (+34).
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 187,934 (+789) ... DeWitt, 10,352 (+44) ... Douglas, 12,086 (+61) ... Ford, 9,821 (+12) ... Iroquois, 16,950 (+37) ... Piatt, 12,790 (+35) ... Vermilion, 38,708 (+135).
The meeting will still be broadcast online and on public access TV, but public comments will be made in person and Zoom will no longer be used.
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 187,145 (+834) ... DeWitt, 10,308 (+41) ... Douglas, 12,025 (+91) ... Ford, 9,809 (+14) ... Iroquois, 16,913 (+49) ... Piatt, 12,755 (+36) ... Vermilion, 38,573 (+232).
Free COVID-19 testing at University of Illinois State Farm Center will be available to the public starting June 1 through the SHIELD CU program, the UI and OSF HealthCare announced Friday.
COVID-19 cases in Champaign County were up by 33 Friday, with 3,080 new tests reported.
After a year-and-a-half dealing with COVID-19, Chancellor Robert Jones said the University of Illinois is ready to return to a “new normal” in the fall.
The county might hit 30 percent fully vaccinated among those 12 and older, health Administrator Doug Toole said, but “that’s hopeful. It would be nice to get to 30,. I don’t think we’re going to get there.”
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 186,311 (+683) ... DeWitt, 10,267 (+33) ... Douglas, 11,934 (+35) ... Ford, 9,795 (+69) ... Iroquois, 16,864 (+80) ... Piatt, 12,719 (+77) ... Vermilion, 38,341 (+90).
COVID-19 cases in Champaign County rose by a single one Thursday, out of 3,220 new tests, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District.
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 185,628 (+936) ... DeWitt, 10,234 (+24) ... Douglas, 11,899 (+38) ... Ford, 9,726 (+48) ... Iroquois, 16,784 (+56) ... Piatt, 12,642 (+38) ... Vermilion, 38,251 (+132).
The number of Champaign County residents in the hospital with COVID-19 leaped from four to 14 Wednesday.
A daily question for the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District's Julie Pryde:
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 184,692 (+676) ... DeWitt, 10,153 (+24) ... Douglas, 11,861 (+48) ... Ford, 9,678 (+17) ... Iroquois, 16,728 (+51) ... Piatt, 12,604 (+7) ... Vermilion, 38,119 (+40).
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District is reporting 25 new COVID-19 cases in Champaign County Tuesday, out of 3,019 tests in the past day.
Total vaccine doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 184,016 (+584) ... DeWitt, 10,129 (+17) ... Douglas, 11,813 (+31) ... Ford, 9,661 (+26) ... Iroquois, 16,677 (+19) ... Piatt, 12,597 (+19) ... Vermilion, 38,079 (+40).