Area COVID-19 Dashboard for January 8, 2022

In today's Covid news:

The total number of county residents in isolation dropped by 579 is now at 6,090.

In the past 8 days, Champaign County has had 7,082 positive Covid-19 test.

There are currently just 22 out of 150 ICU beds available in Region 6. The region includes Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Dewitt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Iroquois, Jasper, Lawrence, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Richland, Shelby and Vermillion counties. Ventilator usage is under 50% with 179 of 298 in the region unused at this time.


Active Champaign County Cases:

6,090

Net change in the county: -579


Current local cases 1/8/22
Number in parenthesis indicates new cases since 1/7/22

Ogden • 37 (1)
Royal • 3 (0)
St. Joseph • 190 (15)
Urbana • 2139 (222)
Sidney • 48 (5)
Philo • 59 (5)
Tolono • 140 (10)
Sadorus • 14 (1)
Pesotum • 24 (3)


Total Active Local Cases:

2,654

Net change in local cases: -265


Total Local Confirmed Cases: 16,899

New cases: 262


The information on this page is compiled from the latest figures provide by the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District and the Illinois Department of Public Health at the time of publishing. Active cases are the number of confirmed cases reported currently in isolation. Local is defined as cases within the nine communities The Sentinel covers.

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