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1,231 new cases, 18 additional deaths, 3.8 percent positivity rate

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* Today…

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,231 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 18 additional confirmed deaths.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 172,655 cases, including 7,416 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 30,567 specimens for a total of 2,542,134. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from July 20 –July 26 is 3.8%. As of last night, 1,417 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 350 patients were in the ICU and 124 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, IDPH is now reporting both confirmed and probable cases and deaths on its website. Reporting probable cases will help show the potential burden of COVID-19 illness and efficacy of population-based non-pharmaceutical interventions. IDPH will update these data once a week.

* Sunday…

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,541 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including one additional confirmed death.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 171,424 cases, including 7,398 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 40,844 specimens for a total of 2,511,567. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from July 19 –July 25 is 3.7%. As of last night, 1,394 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 345 patients were in the ICU and 119 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

* Saturday…

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,426 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 12 additional confirmed deaths.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 169,883 cases, including 7,397 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 38,200 specimens for a total of 2,470,723. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from July 18 –July 24 is 3.6%. As of last night, 1,438 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 341 patients were in the ICU and 110 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Jul 27, 20 @ 12:09 pm

Comments

  1. Positivity rate just keeps inching up… slow but steady. Please mask up (or keep doing so), neighbors.

    Comment by DownStater Monday, Jul 27, 20 @ 12:12 pm

  2. Indiana has made not wearing a mask a misdemeanor. Governor, it’s time to do the same and enforce it, at least indoors. Play “bad cop” and give these businesses and people in some regions who are intimidates by anti-maskers some cover.

    Comment by lake county democrat Monday, Jul 27, 20 @ 12:14 pm

  3. === Governor, it’s time to do the same and enforce it===

    He cannot unilaterally decree that unless it’s already somewhere in statute.

    Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Jul 27, 20 @ 12:22 pm

  4. I was pleased to see that the creator of the wonderful https://91-divoc.com/ site works at UIUC, and has recently made a page dedicated specifically to showing all the regions and counties in IL, where you can choose between all the data you can think of to display on the graphs

    https://91-divoc.com/pages/interactive-visualziation-of-covid-19-in-illinois/ (yes, a typo, but still loads for now)

    Comment by master shake Monday, Jul 27, 20 @ 12:25 pm

  5. Interesting shake-up in IDPH

    https://www.wbez.org/stories/gov-pritzker-replaces-officials-who-oversaw-covid-19-response-in-nursing-homes/2608e3fd-ee00-4987-a3c4-5dedade30934

    Comment by 1st Ward Monday, Jul 27, 20 @ 12:42 pm

  6. With Rich’s clarification, let me rephrase: “Governor and legislative leaders, it is time for you to convene the legislature and do the same.” I don’t mean to detract from the good that Pritzker has done to-date, but I think we need to raise our voices to force the issue because he (and almost everyone else) seem to be stuck on urging/reasoning/pleading and that has either been exhausted or is working far too slowly.

    Comment by lake county democrat Monday, Jul 27, 20 @ 1:07 pm

  7. Any idea what the R0 is within these regions?

    Comment by Dee Lay Monday, Jul 27, 20 @ 1:29 pm

  8. Dee Lay,

    which regions are you asking about? IDPH calculates positivity on an individual county basis, which is how Adams, Peoria, LaSalle and Randolph got warned last week.

    I’m just not certain where to find the information on their website; I just look at the statewide map with cases and deaths.

    Comment by Lynn S. Monday, Jul 27, 20 @ 1:42 pm

  9. IDPH

    https://www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19/covid19-statistics

    You can select by county or zip code and you get some charts at the bottom of the page. The tested charts seem to be state wide.

    Comment by Bigtwich Monday, Jul 27, 20 @ 2:09 pm

  10. wow

    Comment by September Galgano Monday, Aug 10, 20 @ 9:51 pm

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