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Newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases

  • Thursday, April 14, 2022: 17
  • Friday, April 15, 2022: 16
  • Saturday, April 16, 2022: 7
  • Sunday, April 17, 2022: 6
  • Monday, April 18, 2022: 19
  • Tuesday, April 19, 2022: 26
  • Wednesday, April 20, 2022: 14


Hospitalizations: 0 Macon County Residents

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

*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: 334 Macon County residents

We are incredibly saddened to report the passing of 1 Macon County resident with COVID-19. This resident was a male in his 70s.


COVID-19 variant breakdown since April 1, 2021: 708 cases

  • 7 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)
  • 86 cases of P.1/P.1.1 (Gamma variants)
  • 60 cases of BA.1/ BA1.1/BA.2 (Omicron variant)
  • 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 

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