La Salle County coronavirus update: Woman in her 90s dies from complications related to COVID-19

A woman in her 90s died from complications related to COVID-19.

Her death is the 278th in La Salle County since the beginning of the pandemic and 47th death in 2021.

There were 26 new cases Friday, and 82 residents were removed from isolation. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 10,837 confirmed and probable cases, and of those, 8,624 have been removed from isolation.

On Thursday, there were 917 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to La Salle County residents. In total, there have been 22,449 doses of the vaccine administered, and 6,902 residents have been fully vaccinated, 6.31% of the county’s population.

Of 696 La Salle County residents tested Tuesday, the latest data available from the Illinois Department of Public Health, 4.5% of them were positive for COVID-19. From Feb. 17 to 23, there was a 3.8% positivity rate.

The IDPH’s ZIP code data (which sometimes lags behind county numbers) of new cases since Thursday’s report:

• Peru is up six.

• Mendota is up five.

• Ottawa is up two.

• Sandwich is up two.

• Oglesby is up two.

• Seneca is up two.

• Streator is up one.

• Somonauk is up one.

• Earlville is up one.

A man in his 80s, a woman in her 80s, a man in his 60s, a man in his 50s, three women in their 50s, two men in their 40s, two women in their 40s, three men in their 30s, a woman in her 30s, five women in their 20s, two teenage boys, two teenage girls, a boy younger than 13 and a girl younger than 13 comprise Friday’s new cases.