* Dr. Ezike…
To date we have run a total of 379,043 tests for COVID-19 with 17,783 tests being resulted in the last 24 hours. Of those 17-plus thousand tests, 2641 tests were positive. That’s a 15% of positivity rate, and that brings our total number of positive cases to 70,873.
Most sadly, we report that we have exceeded 3000 deaths related to COVID for the state of Illinois. With the additional 138 lives reported as lost over the last 24 hours we now have a total of 3111 fatalities.
Regarding inpatient admissions related to COVID, 4862 individuals as of midnight were in the hospital with COVID, and of those 1253 patients are in the ICU, of those ICU patients 766 patients were on ventilators.
* Press release…
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 2,641 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 138 additional deaths.
- Clinton County: 1 male 70s
- Cook County: 1 female 30s, 1 male 30s, 2 males 40s, 2 females 50s, 5 males 50s, 1 unknown 50s, 6 females 60s, 12 males 60s, 1 unknown 60s, 9 females 70s, 19 males 70s, 10 females 80s, 14 males 80s, 17 females 90s, 6 males 90s, 1 female 100+
- DuPage County: 1 male 50s, 1 male 60s, 2 males 70s, 4 females 90s
- Jackson County: 1 male 60s
- Kane County: 2 females 80s, 1 female 90s
- Kankakee County: 1 female 80s
- Lake County: 2 males 60s, 1 female 80s
- Macon County: 1 female 70s
- McHenry County: 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s
- Peoria County: 1 female 90s
- Rock Island County: 1 male 70s
- Sangamon County: 1 female 80s
- St. Clair County: 1 female 80s, 1 male 90s
- Will County: 1 male 60s, 1 male 70s, 2 female 90s, 1 male 90s
- Winnebago County: 1 female 80s
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 70,873 cases, including 3,111 deaths, in 97 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have processed 17,783 specimens for a total of 379,043.
*All data are provisional and will change. In order to rapidly report COVID-19 information to the public, data are being reported in real-time. Information is constantly being entered into an electronic system and the number of cases and deaths can change as additional information is gathered. Information for deaths previously reported have changed, therefore, today’s numbers have been adjusted.
 
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- ChattyHam - Thursday, May 7, 20 @ 3:26 pm:
As of today, due to COVID-19 related deaths,the state of IL has lost slightly more citizens than the entire population of the Nashville, Illinois.
- JA - Thursday, May 7, 20 @ 4:10 pm:
No criticism intended in asking, but is anyone aware of IDPH sharing an age breakdown on those deaths? Saying 3,111 deaths in ages ranging “from younger than one to older than 100 years” is not that helpful. An age breakdown similar to the “new case” report would better inform the public about the risk and impact.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, May 7, 20 @ 4:12 pm:
JA, check the IDPH website.
- Fool on the Hill - Thursday, May 7, 20 @ 5:10 pm:
In addition to an age breakdown of those deaths, some other states are able to present data regarding how many deaths occurred because of one or more pre-existing conditions. I agree with JA. Saying the 3,111 deaths range from 1 to 100 is very misleading. My unofficial tally is that there have been very few (less than 10 or 15) deaths of individuals under 30.
- Chatham Resident - Thursday, May 7, 20 @ 9:48 pm:
SJ-R is reporting four more Villas East nursing home residents in Sherman have died from COVID-19:
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200507/covid-19-claims-four-more-villas-east-residents
I don’t know if the Sangamon county death reported by IDPH today was a Villas East resident, and the remaining three will be counted in tomorrow’s stats.
- AnnieH - Friday, May 8, 20 @ 3:37 pm:
I don’t know if this insistence on knowing age and pre-existing conditions of those who died is wishful thinking (”it can’t happen to me”) or, more ominously, a desire to prove that those deaths aren’t among people who matter.