On Tuesday afternoon, the Fayette County Health Department reported 31 new cases of COVID-19. And, the FCHD says that 8 of those cases were from a congregate facility. The Fayette County Health Department is also reporting 1 additional death. In total, Fayette County has had 2,088 cases of COVID-19 during the pandemic and 39 total deaths.
Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital gave an update on their COVID-19 hospitalizations and testing for the period from December 4th through 7th. SBL FCH says thy have tested a total of 181 with 31 of the tests being positive and 8 of the tests pending. They also add they have 6 total COVID-19 patients at the hospital at this time and 30 patients have been transferred to date.
Numbers from the Illinois Department of Corrections shows that 76 staff at Vandalia Correctional Center have been confirmed with COVID-19, 67 of those have recovered–leaving 9 current cases at this time. As for offenders, IDOC says the Vandalia Correctional Center has had 320 confirmed offenders with COVID-19, 111 have now recovered—leaving 209 current cases at this time.
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