986 new cases, 42 additional deaths
Wednesday, Apr 1, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Press release…
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 986 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 42 additional deaths.
- Carroll County: 1 male 80s
- Cook County: 1 male 20s, 2 males 30s, 2 males 40s, 1 male 50s, 1 female 50s, 3 males 60s, 2 females 60s, 5 males 70s, 3 females 70s, 3 male 80s, 4 females 80s, 1 female 90s, 1 female 100s. (5 incomplete data)
- DuPage County: 1 female 60s, 1 female 70s
- Kane County: 1 female 90s
- Lake County: 1 male 50s
- Sangamon County: 1 male 90s
- Will County: 1 male 60s
- Winnebago County: 1 male 60s
Massac and Vermilion counties are now reporting cases. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 6,980 cases, including 141 deaths, in 56 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years.
- thoughts matter - Wednesday, Apr 1, 20 @ 2:56 pm:
WICS reporting two Christian county deaths.
- Candy Dogood - Wednesday, Apr 1, 20 @ 3:01 pm:
Ugh. A 17.3% positive test rate.
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Apr 1, 20 @ 3:02 pm:
===positive test rate===
Hard to tell that because so few tests have been done and come back.
- Dee Lay - Wednesday, Apr 1, 20 @ 3:04 pm:
Where is the chart / line graph?
- Thomas Paine - Wednesday, Apr 1, 20 @ 3:07 pm:
High positive test rate is a symptom of low testing rates, only testing folks that are obviously very sick.
Curious about the high number of men under 60 reported in Cook County deaths. Are those Cook County jail inmates by chance?
- Grandson of Man - Wednesday, Apr 1, 20 @ 3:14 pm:
Dr. Ezike cited global statistics for fatalities (1-3%), hospitalization (20%) and ICU’s (5%).
- Amalia - Wednesday, Apr 1, 20 @ 3:16 pm:
last three days number of deaths….8, 19,42. this is deeply sad and terrifying.
- EJackson - Wednesday, Apr 1, 20 @ 3:30 pm:
Excellent graphs here: https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tracking-coronavirus-cases-in-illinois-daily/
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Apr 1, 20 @ 3:42 pm:
===Where is===
Not doing it any longer. Need a better way to show this data.
- Diver Down - Wednesday, Apr 1, 20 @ 3:42 pm:
Updated graph that I posted yesterday:
https://bit.ly/3bGGnpX
- Michelle Flaherty - Wednesday, Apr 1, 20 @ 7:54 pm:
A high positive rate would likely be attributed to using the limited number of test kits on those showing symptoms that would likely produce positive results.