* Press release…
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,392 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including seven additional confirmed deaths.
• Clinton County: 1 male 40s, 1 male 80s
• Cook County: 1 male 30s
• Jackson County: 1 male 40s
• Montgomery County: 1 female 90s
• Williamson County: 1 male 70s, 1 female 90s
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 252,353 cases, including 8,186 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from September 1 – September 7 is 4.0%. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 31,363 specimens for a total of 4,478,710. As of last night, 1,504 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 343 patients were in the ICU and 133 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, IDPH is now reporting separately 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.
*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. For health questions about COVID-19, call the hotline at 1-800-889-3931 or email dph.sick@illinois.gov.
Hospitalizations are down a bit from a week ago. The Metro East region’s positivity rate is 9.8 percent. The Will/Kankakee County rate is down to 7.4 percent. The region that includes the Quad Cities and Peoria is 7.2 percent, down a bit from its recent peak.
- Chatham Resident - Tuesday, Sep 8, 20 @ 12:45 pm:
Region 3 (Springfield/Quincy areas) is currently 5.3% positivity. This region may be among those in play for a case spike. Despite both the Illinois and DuQuoin state fairs scrapped this year due to the virus, the annual Springfield Mile still went on as scheduled this past weekend, even though there were still protocols in place for attendance (temp-taking, social distancing, etc.).
https://www.sj-r.com/subscriber/20200907/protocols-in-place-mile-fans-get-their-fill-of-racing
- Last Bull Moose - Tuesday, Sep 8, 20 @ 1:06 pm:
If the rest of the state is as cavalier about Covid as my block, expect an explosion of cases by October. People are just tired of behaving cautiously.
- Nearly Normal - Tuesday, Sep 8, 20 @ 1:13 pm:
26 more positive cases were reported by the county health deparment this morning. No new hospitalizations or deaths were reported. Nearly half of the positive cases reported since March are in isolation at this time.
The age group with the largest number of COVID cases in McLean County is people in their 20s, followed by 19-year-olds. McLean County COVID cases have risen rapidly since Illinois State University students returned to campus on Aug. 17.
Since testing began on campus on Aug. 17, 1,318 students have tested positive of 6,606 students tested, ISU said Tuesday. That’s a positivity rate of 20%. (Source: pantagraph.com website)
If students and others did not follow CDC guidelines during their Labor Day holiday, these numbers could be so high that the county will be on the outs list with the Governor.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Sep 8, 20 @ 1:24 pm:
DeVore went to Branson for the holiday weekend.
- Stu - Tuesday, Sep 8, 20 @ 1:36 pm:
Nice to see my home region (7) getting numbers down under 8%. But they have to get below 6.5% for 14 days in order to remove the current mitigation…that’s going to take a while.
- Fool on the Hill - Tuesday, Sep 8, 20 @ 2:07 pm:
It seems fashionable to blame students and the less powerful for spreading COVID while no one dares question the crowds at Wal-mart or Target. The poor are also blamed for Covid when they do things like have weddings or church services, but not when they are working to serve the interests of the rich.
- Pundent - Tuesday, Sep 8, 20 @ 3:56 pm:
=It seems fashionable to blame students and the less powerful for spreading COVID while no one dares question the crowds at Wal-mart or Target.=
I’m not sure which is or isn’t more fashionable. But at my local Wal-Mart and Target mask compliance is about 100%, people keep their distance, and other than employees no one is hanging out there for more than 30 minutes or so. But yeah, other than that it’s just like college.
- yinn - Tuesday, Sep 8, 20 @ 4:24 pm:
NIU had 77 cases reported on Friday. Today they’re up to 150.
- yinn - Tuesday, Sep 8, 20 @ 4:27 pm:
I should mention these positives are from NIU’s surveillance testing.
- yinn - Tuesday, Sep 8, 20 @ 4:40 pm:
I’m terribly sorry — only one of the newest NIU cases was discovered by surveillance testing.
- Stevebl - Tuesday, Sep 8, 20 @ 4:53 pm:
we are all tired of Covid. It just seems to go on and on. Never the less I will take take the road of caution—-wear my facemask when I am in the present of others, not subject myself to large gatherings, wash my hands thoroughly with frequency, keep six feet apart, not squeeze the individual tomatos at the supermarket because you know what??—I don’t want to get it.