La Salle County coronavirus update: 16 new cases, 10 new recoveries, no new deaths

The La Salle County Health Department reported 16 new cases of COVID-19 countywide Monday after testing 228 people Sunday, a 7% positivity rate.

The new cases include four girls under the age of 13, two male teens, one man in his 20s, one woman in her 30s, two men in their 40s, one woman in her 40s, one man in his 50s, one woman in her 60s, one man in his 70s, a woman in her 70s and a woman in her 80s.

The department also reported 10 new recovered cases, bringing the total number of recoveries to 8,725. There have been 10,884 cases since the start of the virus.

The La Salle County Health Department vaccinated 639 people over the weekend. 7,577 of La Salle County’s 109,430 residents are vaccinated, which is 6.9% of the county’s population.