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MACON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES COVID-19 CASES FOR THE WEEK

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Newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases:

  • Thursday, August 11, 2022: 28
  • Friday, August 12, 2022: 83
  • Saturday, August 13, 2022: 28
  • Sunday, August 14, 2022: 21
  • Monday, August 15, 2022: 17
  • Tuesday, August 16, 2022: 46
  • Wednesday, August 17, 2022: 32

Hospitalizations: 5 Macon County residents

  • Up-to-Date on Vaccinations: 0
  • Not Up-to-Date on Vaccinations: 5

*Per CDC, up-to-date means a person has received all recommended COVID-19 vaccines, including any booster dose(s) when eligible.

COVID-19 related deaths since the start of the pandemic: 344 Macon County residents

We are incredibly saddened to report the passing of one Macon County resident with COVID-19. This resident was a female in her 90s.

COVID-19 variant breakdown since April 1, 2021: 796 cases
• 398 cases of B.1.617.2/AY.1/AY.10/AY.100/AY.102/AY.103/AY.118/AY.119/AY.12/AY.122/AY.126/AY.2/AY.25/AY.25.1/AY.26/AY.3/AY.3.1/AY.34/AY.39/AY.39.1/AY.4/AY.43/AY.4.3/AY.44/AY.47/AY.5/AY.6/AY.75 (Delta variants)
• 143 cases of B.1.1.7 (Alpha variant)
• 148 cases of BA.1/BA1.1/BA.2/BA.2.9/BA.2.12.1/BA.4/ BA.4.1/BA.4.2/BA.4.6/BA.5.2.1/BA.5/BA.5.1/BA.5.5/BA.5.2/BA.4.4/BA.5.6/BE1.1 (Omicron variants)
• 86 cases of P.1/P.1.1 (Gamma variants)
• 7 cases of B.1.427/B.1.429 (Epsilon variants)
• 4 cases of B.1.351 (Beta variant)
• 4 cases of B
• 3 cases of B.1.621 (Mu variant)
• 2 cases of B.1.2
• 1 case of B.1

Totals reflect case information from Thursday through Wednesday. Hospitalization numbers included in this report reflect only Macon County residents currently hospitalized, regardless of hospital location. Deaths are included in the number of confirmed cases. All numbers displayed are provisional and are subject to change.

Macon County Vaccination Details can be found at the following link:https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19/vaccine/vaccine-data.html?county=Macon

Macon County COVID-19 Surveillance can be found at the following link:https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19/data/surveillance.html

Macon County Community Level can be found at the following link:https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19/data/community-level.html

Emily O’Connell

Health Educator

Macon County Health Department

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