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1,842 new cases, 62 additional deaths

Friday, Apr 17, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,842 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 62 additional deaths.

    Boone County: 1 female 60s
    Cook County: 2 females 40s, 1 male 40s, 2 males 50s, 2 females 60s, 5 males 60s, 4 females 70s, 4 males 70s, 5 females 80s, 5 males 80s, 3 females 90s, 4 males 90s
    DuPage County: 1 male 60s, 2 males 70s, 1 female 80s, 3 males 80s, 2 females 90s
    Kane County: 1 male 60s, 1 male 90s, 1 male 100+
    Lake County: 1 male 90s
    Macon County: 1 female 80s, 1 female 90s
    Madison County: 1 female 60s, 1 male 60s
    Monroe County: 1 female 80s
    Randolph County: 1 male 80s
    St. Clair County 1 unknown 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 80s
    Will County: 2 males 80s

Henderson and Wayne counties are now reporting cases. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 27,575 cases, including 1,134 deaths, in 92 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years.

…Adding… Not good at all…

       

14 Comments
  1. - AD - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 3:05 pm:

    Very disappointing jump. Hopefully it’s an outlier or multiple days worth of results being reported in one day.


  2. - Rutro - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 3:10 pm:

    This is going to be a long haul.


  3. - Joe Bidenopolous - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 3:18 pm:

    Case in point - our previous high date (4/12) there were more than 7,500 tested. In the days between then and now, this highest number of tests was 6,300 and most days were 5,000-5,500.


  4. - Wensicia - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 3:20 pm:

    More testing leads to more positive cases. We can’t move off the plateau until as many as possible are tested and isolated.


  5. - indianbadger - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 3:25 pm:

    Instead of raw numbers of people testing positive, which is dependent on the number of people being tested; the percentage of people testing positive should also be posted. As the people being tested are usually people who are either showing symptoms, healthcare workers coming in contact with patients; or people otherwise have a reason to be tested; if the percentage starts going up; I would be more concerned. Just showing the raw numbers is not the best way to do this.

    Also, day-to-day increase in the number of people in ICU combined with the mortality will give a better sense of whether it is flattening or keeping on rising.


  6. - Langhorne - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 3:28 pm:

    Spikes every 4-6 days.

    Todays number is disappointing, but better to know.


  7. - Dance Band on the Titanic - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 3:52 pm:

    Next week’s numbers are critical to watch. Will we see a post-Easter spike in cases? Especially since you could readily see lots of people visiting family in my neck of the woods.


  8. - Just Me 2 - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 3:53 pm:

    Re: the graph - I have to imagine the increase in testing ability is leading to an increase in the positive results.


  9. - horseplayer - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 3:55 pm:

    JB made a good point today (regarding interpretation of the data, etc) about watching the number of people *IN* the hospital(s) with COVID-19. I didn’t catch those numbers (or trend) exactly, but it makes sense. Just seems more instructive than various statistics that can be misleading.


  10. - Interested Bystander - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 3:57 pm:

    Looking at Cook County data by zip code is interesting in the age ranges. While overall hitting those over 60 hardest, there are higher numbers in the younger age brackets than I think many realize. At least one zip in northwest suburban Cook the breakdown of cases in under 60 brackets outnumbered the over 60 brackets.


  11. - Captain Who - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 3:59 pm:

    We need an update of the positive test rate along with the raw numbers. I think that may give us a little more perspective.


  12. - Rich Miller - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 4:06 pm:

    ===Just seems more instructive than various statistics===

    That statistic is at the very heart of the new White House guidance.


  13. - Donnie Elgin - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 4:07 pm:

    More tests equals more positive results - it also will likely lower the death rate which is a good thing. Let’s hope the percentage of folks with minors symptoms tends up.


  14. - Homeschool Prom King - Friday, Apr 17, 20 @ 4:16 pm:

    We did see a decent jump in testing today (second largest daily results back), but the % of those testing positive creeped up too - today was 24% compared to our previous moving average of about 20%.

    Not an immediate reason to panic (we’ve had several days where we’ve tested as high as 25% or 26% positive), but it goes to show that the governor and Dr. Ezike were absolutely right in saying that this is far from over and that we can’t get complacent.


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