Where does Illinois rank in comparison?
Tuesday, Apr 7, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller * Worldometer has a new online tool you can use to compare Illinois to the rest of the country. Click here to see it. The Illinois information is current as of yesterday. New York has the highest number of COVID-19 cases per million residents at 7,077. The US total is 1,174. Illinois is at 956, ranking us 11th. New York also has the highest number of COVID-19 deaths per million residents at 280. The US number is 37. Illinois’ is 24, right behind Indiana at 26. Illinois ranks 14th. NY also ranks first in COVID-19 tests per million residents at 16,353. The US number is 6,099. Illinois is at 4,909 per million, which is way below the national number. Illinois ranks 32nd on that one. I will be submitting a question to the governor about that particular factoid today.
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- Amalia - Tuesday, Apr 7, 20 @ 2:44 pm:
I don’t know that the death per millions stat is meaningful until the first wave is over as spread of disease varies. but it is interesting that it is worse now in Rhode Island, Vermont, and many other states.
- Jack - Tuesday, Apr 7, 20 @ 3:08 pm:
Also interesting Illinois is 3X date rate compared to California even though 4X less population.
- dbk - Tuesday, Apr 7, 20 @ 3:56 pm:
Thanks, Rich, I’ll be very interested to learn why IL is so far down on testing - I recall early on that Pritzker had noted that IL had the capability / capacity to develop its own tests, and that the CDC shut it down. What happened with that?