Photo-of-the-Day: January 4, 2022

Unity's Taylor Joop at bat
Putting the ball in play
Senior Taylor Joop takes a swing at a Westville pitch during Unity's home game on April 27, 2021. The Rockets, who would later finished the season in fourth-place at Class 2A state finals, shutout the Tigers, 6-0. See more photos from this game.

Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks


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Area COVID-19 Dashboard for January 3, 2022


Active Champaign County Cases:

4,954

Net change in the county: -49



Current local cases 1/3/22
Number in parenthesis indicates change over previous report on 1/2/21

Ogden • 30 (4)
Royal • 3 (1)
St. Joseph • 145 (7)
Urbana • 1,728 (101)
Sidney • 39 (4)
Philo • 43 (1)
Tolono • 137 (2)
Sadorus • 15 (1)
Pesotum • 13 (0)


Total Active Local Cases:

2,153

Net change in local cases: -14



Total Local Confirmed Cases: 15,385

New cases: 121


The information on this page is compiled from the latest figures provide by the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District 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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