By Todd Wineburner
The Livingston County Health Department is reporting 1 addition to the fatality list and an additional 134 positive COVID-19 tests. 20 of the newly reported infections are inmates at the Pontiac Correctional Center and the latest fatality was a man in his 70s who died as a result of COVID-19 complications.
1396 positive tests in Livingston County have occurred to date, with 361 cases remaining active. 1021 people have completed their quarantine period and 14 people have died since the state began compiling statistics.
The health department’s website, LCHD.us, has many more details regarding COVID-19 in the county. It’s also the place to schedule a COVID-19 test through the ongoing cooperative effort between the health department and OSF St. James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center.