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Champaign County now at high COVID transmission level

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Coronavirus response | Second booster shots to become available next week

  • Mar 30, 2022

Appointments in Champaign County for second COVID-19 booster shots are expected to begin next week, and they’re coming at a time when a new variant is gaining fast.

Coronavirus response | Second booster shots to become available next week
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Coronavirus response | Douglas, 12 other counties join Champaign at medium risk level

  • May 6, 2022

Champaign County is now joined by Douglas County and a dozen others in the state considered to be at “medium” transmission risk level for COVID-19.

Coronavirus response | SHIELD CU testing sites closing in next six weeks

  • May 6, 2022

CHAMPAIGN — Champaign County’s last free community-wide testing sites for COVID-19 operated by the SHIELD CU program are coming to an end soon.

Coronavirus response | Audit finds IDPH failed to intervene in early days of 2020 veterans home outbreak

Coronavirus response | Audit finds IDPH failed to intervene in early days of 2020 veterans home outbreak

  • May 5, 2022

HB 4481 would expand a state roadway camera monitoring program to state highways and expressways in 21 counties, including Champaign, Boone, Bureau, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Henry, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Macon, Madison, McHenry, Morgan, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, St. Clair, Will and Winnebago.

Coronavirus response | Carle to hold booster-shot clinics next 2 weekends

  • May 3, 2022

Carle Health has scheduled pop-up COVID-19 booster shot clinics in Champaign-Urbana for the next two weekends.

Wednesday's coronavirus updates: 184 new cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 27, 2022

The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District reported 184 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday.

Tuesday's coronavirus updates: 547 active cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 26, 2022

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County declined Tuesday to 547 — 63 fewer than on Monday.

Monday's coronavirus updates: 610 active cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 25, 2022

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County stood at 610 Monday.

Editorial | Government's reach is limited to what law allows

  • Apr 24, 2022

The coronavirus experience has taken a psychological and physical toll on everyone.

Friday's coronavirus updates: Piatt County joins Champaign at medium transmission level

  • Apr 22, 2022

Champaign and Piatt counties are among four counties in the state at a medium COVID transmission level.

Thursday's coronavirus updates: 131 new cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 21, 2022

Thursday’s COVID-19 update from the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District included 131 new cases in the past day.

Wednesday's coronavirus updates: 614 active cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 20, 2022

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County declined again Wednesday, though 133 county residents tested positive in the past day.

Willard Airport, MTD both lift mask mandates after judge's ruling

Willard Airport, MTD both lift mask mandates after judge's ruling

  • Apr 19, 2022

A day after a Florida judge struck down a federal requirement to wear masks aboard public transportation, the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District announced it is ending its own mask mandates for bus travel, effective immediately.

Tuesday's coronavirus updates: 194 new cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 19, 2022

The number of currently active cases in the county declined overnight by 45, to 669.

Monday's coronavirus updates: 714 active cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 18, 2022

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County declined over the holiday weekend, but there were still hundreds more active cases than there were a week ago.

Friday's coronavirus updates: State bumps Champaign County's transmission level from low to medium

Friday's coronavirus updates: State bumps Champaign County's transmission level from low to medium

  • Apr 15, 2022

The Illinois Department of Public Health has bumped up what it considers to be the COVID-19 transmission level in Champaign County from low to medium.

Thursday's coronavirus updates: 804 active cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 14, 2022

The number of currently active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County continued to rise by more than 100 a day, totaling 804 on Thursday.

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Champaign disciplinary orders force Clark Bar, Glow to remain closed until May 1

Champaign disciplinary orders force Clark Bar, Glow to remain closed until May 1

  • Apr 14, 2022

A pair of downtown Champaign bars under the same liquor license have to remain closed until May 1, as a result of disciplinary action taken by the city.

Jim Dey | COVID-19 numbers way down, but threat remains

  • Apr 14, 2022

It’s not over till it’s over.

Gibson City hospital to receive federal grant for lab equipment

  • Apr 13, 2022

Gibson Area Hospital and Health Services, Gibson City, is one of six rural health care providers to share in more than $3 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to increase COVID-19 testing and vaccines and to improve health outcomes.

Wednesday's coronavirus updates: 700 active cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 13, 2022

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County has grown to 700, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Wednesday.

Coronavirus response | Health official: Vulnerable should consider masking as cases trend up

  • Apr 13, 2022

COVID-19 cases are rising enough in Champaign County for a public health official to advise older adults and those with health conditions to begin wearing face masks again, especially when they’re indoors.

Tuesday's coronavirus updates: Active cases in Champaign County double since April 1

  • Apr 12, 2022

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County has about doubled since the start of April.

Tom Kacich | County addresses infrastructure needs in small towns

Tom Kacich | County addresses infrastructure needs in small towns

  • Apr 11, 2022

The biggest of all the grants — $500,000 — would go to the Sangamon Valley Public Water District to help extend water service to homes north of Mahomet whose individual wells were affected in 2016 by a leak from the nearby Peoples Gas storage field.

Monday's coronavirus updates: 437 active cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 11, 2022

Champaign County had 437 active COVID-19 cases as of Monday, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District.

Friday's coronavirus updates: 365 active cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 8, 2022

Active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County rose to 365 Friday.

Thursday's coronavirus updates: Active, new cases both rising in Champaign County

  • Apr 7, 2022

Active cases, new cases and hospitalizations in Champaign County were all on the rise Thursday.

Wednesday's coronavirus updates: 164 active cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 6, 2022

CHAMPAIGN — The number of active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County declined again Wednesday by 11, to 164.

Tuesday's coronavirus updates: Active cases down in Champaign County

  • Apr 5, 2022

CHAMPAIGN — The number of active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County fell by 82 Tuesday, to 175.

Monday's coronavirus updates: 257 active cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 4, 2022

Active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County declined over the weekend.

Friday's coronavirus updates: 282 active cases in Champaign County

  • Apr 1, 2022

Champaign County is heading into the weekend with just a slight uptick in active cases.

Coronavirus response | Sign-ups begin for second booster shots in Champaign County

  • Mar 31, 2022

The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District has opened registration for appointments for second COVID-19 booster shots.

Thursday's coronavirus updates: 80 new cases in Champaign County

  • Mar 31, 2022

COVID-19 cases in Champaign County rose by 80 Thursday, and the number of active cases continued to trend up.

Coronavirus response | Second booster shots to become available next week

Coronavirus response | Second booster shots to become available next week

  • Mar 30, 2022

Appointments in Champaign County for second COVID-19 booster shots are expected to begin next week, and they’re coming at a time when a new variant is gaining fast.

Wednesday's coronavirus updates: 94 new cases in Champaign County

  • Mar 30, 2022

Another 94 Champaign County residents tested positive for COVID-19 in the past day, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District.

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Coronavirus response | Urbana school board lifts district's mask requirement

Coronavirus response | Urbana school board lifts district's mask requirement

  • Mar 30, 2022

Starting next Monday, Urbana School District 116 will no longer require its students and staff to wear masks after the board voted. 5-2, to accept the administration’s recommendation to do so.

Tuesday's coronavirus updates: Hospitalizations down; 79 new cases in Champaign County

  • Mar 29, 2022

COVID-19 hospitalizations declined on Tuesday as Champaign County saw its number of active cases rise a bit.

Monday's coronavirus updates: 17 new cases in Champaign County

  • Mar 28, 2022

COVID-19 cases in Champaign County rose by 17 in the past day, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District.

Tom Kacich | Big demand for sewer, water projects in small towns

Tom Kacich | Big demand for sewer, water projects in small towns

  • Mar 28, 2022

Champaign County has set aside $2 million of its $40.8 million bonanza of American Rescue Plan Act funds to help with badly needed sewer, water and drainage projects in small towns and rural areas of the county.

Coronavirus response | Carle, state-sponsored testing sites closing

  • Mar 25, 2022

COVID-19 testing sites operated by both the state and Carle Health are set to close soon due to a sharp drop in demand.

Friday's coronavirus updates: 211 active cases in Champaign County

  • Mar 25, 2022

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County rose again Friday to 211.

Thursday's coronavirus updates: 170 active cases in Champaign County

  • Mar 24, 2022

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County inched up a bit Thursday to 170.

Health district: Omicron 'stealth' subvariant likely in Champaign County

  • Mar 24, 2022

As the new COVID-19 “stealth" omicron subvariant BA.2 continues to pick up steam across the U.S., it’s believed to have already arrived in Champaign County.

Wednesday's coronavirus updates: 51 new cases in Champaign County

  • Mar 23, 2022

COVID-19 indicators in Champaign County continued to trend up a bit Wednesday.

Tuesday's coronavirus updates: Active cases rise in Champaign County

  • Mar 22, 2022

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County crept back up past 100 Tuesday.

Coronavirus response | Promise Healthcare discontinues off-site testing/vaccination site

  • Mar 21, 2022

Promise Healthcare has closed its off-site COVID-19 testing and vaccination facility, effective Monday, but is still making those services available by appointment inside its Frances Nelson Health Center, 819 Bloomington Road, C.

Monday's coronavirus updates: 36 new cases in Champaign County

  • Mar 21, 2022

The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District reported 36 new positive COVID-19 cases in the past day.

Friday's coronavirus updates: 30 new cases in Champaign County

  • Mar 18, 2022

COVID-19 indicators were up slightly in Champaign County Friday.

Thursday's coronavirus updates: 9 new cases in Champaign County

  • Mar 17, 2022

Champaign County picked up nine new COVID-19 cases in the past day, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District.

Wednesday's coronavirus updates: 58 active cases in Champaign County

  • Mar 16, 2022

The number of currently active COVID-19 cases in Champaign County has fallen to 58.

Tuesday's coronavirus updates: 25 new cases in Champaign County

  • Mar 15, 2022

COVID-19 is still around, but indicators for Champaign County continue to show transmission slowing down.

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