Macon County COVID-19 Update 8/11/2022 - 8/17/2022

Newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases

• Thursday, August 18, 2022: 32
• Friday, August 19, 2022: 30
• Saturday, August 20, 2022: 21
• Sunday, August 21, 2022: 11
• Monday, August 22, 2022: 22
• Tuesday, August 23, 2022: 40
• Wednesday, August 24, 2022: 34

Hospitalizations: 5 Macon County Residents

• Up-to-Date on Vaccinations: 0
• Not Up-to-Date on Vaccinations: 5

*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: 345 Macon County residents

We are incredibly saddened to report the passing of one Macon County resident with COVID-19. This resident was a male in his 80s.

COVID-19 variant breakdown since April 1, 2021: 797 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)
• 149 cases of BA.1/BA1.1/BA.2/BA.2.9/BA.2.12.1/BA.4/ BA.4.1/BA.4.2/BA.4.6/BA.5.2.1/BA.5/BA.5.1/BA.5.5/BA.5.2/BA.4.4/BA.5.6/BE1.1 (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 Risk Metrics can be found at the following link: https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19/data/countymetrics.html?county=Macon 

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