COVID-19 cases have jumped up in La Salle County.
According to the newest numbers from the health department, 277 new cases of the virus turned up in the past week in La Salle County. That's the most since May. Taking in different factors like new hospital admissions, La Salle County's transmission level for COVID-19 is considered low.
The virus is being blamed on three new deaths in the past week. Two men in their 70's and a woman in her 80's died from complications of the virus. Since the pandemic began, 482 deaths in La Salle County have been linked to the coronavirus.