Coronavirus | Illinois Valley
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La Salle County is back to low risk for COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to the county’s health department, under standards set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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La Salle County is now at medium risk for COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to the La Salle County Health Department, under standards set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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La Salle County remains at low risk for COVID-19, despite 44 other Illinois counties being designated at an elevated level by the Illinois Department of Public Health, including neighboring Marshall County.
While more than 40 Illinois counties are at medium risk for COVID-19, La Salle County remains at low risk, according to the La Salle County Health Department, under the standards set by the CDC.
There are 20 Illinois counties at medium risk, including Iroquois, Kankakee, Ford and Marshall, according to the CDC website.
Two women, one in her 70s and the other in her 80s, from La Salle County died from complications related to COVID-19.
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Two men in their 70s and a woman in her 90s from La Salle County died from complications related to COVID-19 in October.
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La Salle County Health Department will begin offering the new fall 2023 COVID Moderna vaccine on a weekly basis, by appointment only.
A look at La Salle County's COVID-19 case, testing, recovery and vaccination statistics on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.
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Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday endorsed the new shots for everyone 6 months of age and older. The agency’s director is expected to sign off on the panel’s recommendation. The vaccines could be available this week.
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The coronavirus shots target an omicron variant named XBB.1.5. That specific strain is no longer dominant but it’s close enough to coronavirus strains causing most COVID-19 illnesses today that FDA determined it would offer good cross-protection.
From Aug. 25 to Aug. 31, there were 49 new COVID-19 cases confirmed by the La Salle County Health Department.
La Salle County remains at low risk for COVID-19, according to the La Salle County Health Department in accordance with the standards set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.