Four Ford County residents linked to a COVID-19 outbreak at a long-term care facility in Gibson City have died, local health officials said Friday.
The deaths of two men in their 80s and a man and woman in their 90s âare associated with an outbreak at Heritage Health in Gibson City,â the Ford County Public Health Department announced.
Their deaths bring the countyâs pandemic total to 32. Ford were among the 50 Illinois counties where frontline healthcare workers were designated to receive the first doses of Pfizerâs COVID-19 vaccine this week because of the county s high death rate.
The county health department also announced 18 new cases, pushing its total to 1,079.
Friday s coronavirus updates: 4 Ford County residents linked to long-term care outbreak lose lives to COVID; Tier 2 move could come after holidays but wouldn t include indoor dining, Pritzker says
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Friday s coronavirus updates: Move to Tier 2 could come after holidays but wouldn t include indoor dining, Pritzker says; Champaign, Piatt among six counties not on state s warning list
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