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Macon County officials announce 422 new cases of COVID-19 since last report

By Lindsay Romano Jul 21, 2022 | 5:10 PM

The following information from The Macon County Health Department is updated with the latest information. If you have accessed this link through a third party, such as social media, the following information may not reflect the headline accessed through the third party. The information below is the latest information available from The Macon County Health Department

July 21, 2022 –

Newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases:

  • Thursday, July 14, 2022: 72
  • Friday, July 15, 2022: 61
  • Saturday, July 16, 2022: 54
  • Sunday, July 17, 2022: 40
  • Monday, July 18, 2022: 57
  • Tuesday, June 19, 2022: 57
  • Wednesday, July 20, 2022: 81

Please note that, while there were 422 newly-reported cases, 2 previously-reported cases were determined to be from out of county and were transferred appropriately.

Hospitalizations: 14 Macon County residents

  • Up-to-Date on Vaccinations: 0
  • Not Up-to-Date on Vaccinations: 14

*Per CDC, up-to-date means a person has received all recommended COVID-19 vaccines, including any booster dose(s) when eligible.

COVID-19 related deaths since the start of the pandemic: 340 Macon County residents

COVID-19 variant breakdown since April 1, 2021: 752 cases

·         398 cases of B.1.617.2/AY.1/AY.10/AY.100/AY.102/AY.103/AY.118/AY.119/AY.12/AY.122/AY.126/AY.2/AY.25/AY.25.1/AY.26/AY.3/AY.3.1/AY.34/AY.39/AY.39.1/AY.4/AY.43/AY.4.3/AY.44/AY.47/AY.5/AY.6/AY.75 (Delta variants)

·         143 cases of B.1.1.7 (Alpha variant)

·         104 cases of BA.1/BA1.1/BA.2/BA.2.9/BA.2.12.1/BA.4/BA.5.2.1/BA.5/BA.5.1/BA.5.5 (Omicron variants)

·         86 cases of P.1/P.1.1 (Gamma variants)

·         7 cases of B.1.427/B.1.429 (Epsilon variants)

·         4 cases of B.1.351 (Beta variant)

·         4 cases of B

·         3 cases of B.1.621 (Mu variant)

·         2 cases of B.1.2

·         1 case of B.1

Totals reflect case information from Thursday through Wednesday. Hospitalization numbers included in this report reflect only Macon County residents currently hospitalized, regardless of hospital location. Deaths are included in the number of confirmed cases. All numbers displayed are provisional and are subject to change.

Macon County Vaccination Details can be found at the following link: https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19/vaccine/vaccine-data.html?county=Macon

Macon County COVID-19 Surveillance can be found at the following link: https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19/data/surveillance.html

Macon County Community Level can be found at the following link: https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19/data/community-level.html