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New Illinois Data Show High Rate Of Unvaccinated Nursing Home Staff

State Closes Book On 5 Long-Term Care Outbreaks

Eric Stock / WGLT Five nursing homes and retirement communities in McLean County have now gone a month without a new case of COVID-19, leading the Illinois Department of Public Health to remove them from the list of active outbreaks. Four other facilities in the county have gone two weeks without a new case, but remain on the active roll. In fact, there has been just one new COVID case at a long-term care facility in the county in the last week, and only three the week before as vaccinations of the elderly population take hold. Seven facilities remain on the active list half the number at the peak of outbreaks.

Nursing Homes Try To Ease Isolation During COVID

Edith Brady-Lunny / WGLT Nursing home operators are grateful long-awaited COVID-19 vaccines have started to make it to their facilities. For nearly a year, residents and families have struggled with isolation just to try to stay safe. That isolation comes with its own health consequences. Terry Nybakke speaks to his father Bernie during weekly visits via Zoom. Credit Eric Stock / WGLT Bernie Nybakke is 88. He has been living at the Sugar Creek Alzheimer s Care Center in Normal since shortly after his wife died last May. His family, including son Terry Nybakke, talk to him every week via Zoom.  Terry Nybakke said his father has dementia. He said his father handles the technology well, but he needs frequent reminders about why his family can t come see him.

McLean County Testing Positivity Rate Drops To 5.4%; 133 New Cases Reported

Emily Bollinger / WGLT The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) on Monday reported 133 new confirmed and probable cases, as the rolling testing positivity rate dropped to 5.4% the lowest level since Nov. 1. Hospitalizations and bed capacity held mostly steady over the weekend. There are 22 people from McLean County hospitalized with COVID-19. That’s one more patient than Friday. About one in five hospital beds are available (21%). That includes more than 30% of intensive care beds. The active caseload sits at 561, with 539 people isolating at home. An additional 175 people are now considered recovered. More than 8,000 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in McLean County, according to health department Administrator Jessica McKnight. That’s up about 500 over the weekend.