MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — McHenry County may see a file yr for whooping cough circumstances, with a present outbreak affecting college students at McHenry High Schools Upper Campus, well being officers mentioned.
Local well being information exhibits that in November, there have been 11 circumstances of whooping cough reported within the county, and in October, 20 circumstances of whooping cough have been reported, Shaw Local News Network is reporting.
Susan Karras, the director of public well being nursing on the county well being division, instructed Shaw Local News Network the primary case on the McHenry High School Upper Campus was reported on Oct. 12, and there have been eight circumstances — all college students — reported in the outbreak.
Throughout 2204, a complete of 59 whooping cough circumstances have been reported throughout McHenry County, which is way greater than any yearly whole since at the very least 2018.
