Coronavirus

Masking will only be required for patients and visitors who are symptomatic at the hospital and clinics.

As of late Sunday, Illinois had 869 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 100 were in intensive care units, the fewest since May 16.

La Salle County remains in low risk for COVID-19, according to CDC guidelines.

The spread of COVID-19 in McHenry County remained at “low” for the second week in a row under thresholds set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which was accompanied by several metrics across the state declining to levels not seen in several months.

Illinois has administered more than 493,000 bivalent COVID-19 boosters in less than a month, daily vaccination rates are are their highest since February, and the state has fewer than 900 COVID-19 patients in the hospital for the first time since May 11.

Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Monday to expand use of its updated COVID-19 booster shot to children ages 5 to 11. If the Food and Drug Administration agrees, they would start getting a kid-sized dose of the new omicron-targeted formula when it is time for their booster.

Coronavirus cases continue to decline across the region.

For the first time since May 15, Illinois has fewer than 1,000 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, according to new data from the Illinois Department of Public Health

For the first time since late June, the spread of COVID-19 in McHenry County fell to “low” under thresholds set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Two La Salle County residents died in the past week from complications related to COVID-19.

Illinois is down to 3 counties at "high" risk for COVID-19; another 135,000 people have received the bivalent vaccine, and the state has the fewest COVID-19 patients in the hospital since June 19, according to new data from the Illinois Department of Public Health

Whiteside County is at low risk for community spread and Lee, Ogle and Carroll counties are at medium risk.

The average number of new COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois has reached its lowest point in almost three months, according to new data from the Illinois Department of Public Health

The spread of COVID-19 remains at “medium” in McHenry County, under thresholds set by the CDC, as the county’s case rate continues to steadily decline since the beginning of September, county health department data showed.

A La Salle County woman in her 80s died from complications related to COVID-19, according to the La Salle County Health Department’s COVID-19 update Friday.