White County added 19 new cases of CoViD-19 according to the Thursday afternoon update from Egyptian Health Department. The new cases accompany 17 more in Harrisburg and 5 new Gallatin County cases. White County now has had 1,328 lab confirmed positive cases which adds up to 9.7% of the entire county. Hamilton County experienced a spike in cases yesterday with 23 new confirmations including 9 females in their 90’s. That brings the total there to 640 cases since the pandemic began. Hamilton County Health Department authorities tell us they’ve listed 567 individuals as recovered meaning there are currently 73 active cases there. 58 of those folks are in isolation at home and 2 are currently hospitalized. There have been 23 deaths in Hamilton County related to coronavirus.
The Vaccination Plan from the Illinois Department of Public Health: