* Deaths and hospitalizations are lagging indicators, so the new cases and positivity rates are somewhat encouraging. But sometimes trends don’t last long…
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 7,910 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 145 additional deaths.
- Boone County: 1 male 80s
- Christian County: 1 female 70s
- Clay County: 1 male 50s
- Clinton County: 1 male 60s
- Coles County: 1 female 80s
- Cook County: 2 males 30s, 2 females 60s, 3 males 60s, 1 female 70s, 4 males 70s, 7 females 80s, 2 males 80s, 3 females 90s, 7 males 90s, 2 females 100+
- DeKalb County: 1 female 90s
- DuPage County: 1 female 70s, 2 females 80s, 1 female 90s, 1 male 90s
- Effingham County: 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s
- Franklin County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 80s
- Fulton County: 1 male 70s
- Grundy County: 1 female 70s
- Hamilton County: 1 female 70s
- Hardin County: 1 female 90s
- Iroquois County: 2 females 70s, 1 male 70s
- Jackson County: 2 males 70s
- Jasper County: 1 female 90s
- Kankakee County: 1 male 60s, 1 female 70s
- Kendall County: 1 male 40s, 1 female 80s
- Knox County: 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s
- Lake County: 1 male 50s, 1 male 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s
- LaSalle County: 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s, 2 males 80s, 3 males 90s
- Lawrence County: 1 female 90s
- Lee County: 1 female 80s
- Livingston County: 1 male 80s, 2 females 90s
- Logan County: 1 female 90s
- Macon County: 1 male 90s
- Macoupin County: 1 female 90s
- Madison County: 2 males 50s, 2 females 70s, 1 female 80s, 2 males 80s, 2 females 90s, 1 male 90s
- Marion County: 2 females 80s, 2 males 80s
- Mason County: 1 female 70s, 1 female 90s, 1 male 90s
- McHenry County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s
- McLean County: 1 male 90s
- Mercer County: 1 female 80s
- Monroe County: 1 male 70s, 1 male 80s
- Morgan County: 1 male 30s, 1 male 90s
- Moultrie County: 1 female 80s
- Peoria County: 1 female 90s
- Perry County: 1 male 90s
- Pike County: 1 male 50s
- Richland County: 1 female 90s
- Rock Island County: 1 male 50s, 2 males 60s, 3 males 80s, 1 female 90s
- Sangamon County: 1 male 70s, 1 male 90s
- Shelby County: 1 male 70s
- St. Clair County: 1 male 50s, 1 female 60s, 1 male 70s, 1 male 80s
- Tazewell County: 1 male 60s, 1 male 90s
- Warren County: 1 male 70s
- Washington County: 1 male 80s
- Whiteside County: 1 male 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 female 90s
- Will County: 1 male 40s, 1 female 50s, 1 male 60s, 2 females 80s, 1 male 80s
- Williamson County: 2 males 70s
- Winnebago County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 90s
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 804,174 cases, including 13,487 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 95,825 specimens for a total 11,274,608. As of last night, 5,199 in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 1,071 patients were in the ICU and 626 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from December 1 – December 6, 2020 is 9.9%. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from December 1 – December 6, 2020 is 11.8%.
*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 a death previously reported has changed, therefore, today’s numbers have been adjusted. For health questions about COVID-19, call the hotline at 1-800-889-3931 or email dph.sick@illinois.gov.
 
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- Soccermom - Tuesday, Dec 8, 20 @ 12:34 pm:
This list of counties is so long. It’s heartbreaking.
- Donnie Elgin - Tuesday, Dec 8, 20 @ 12:46 pm:
=The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from December 1 – December 6, 2020 is 9.9%.=
The lower numbers are very encouraging news as the data now includes 11 days post-Thanksgiving.
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Dec 8, 20 @ 1:00 pm:
===list of counties is so long===
When I was a kid, the TV news would air the daily casualty report out of Vietnam. This feels like that. Only it’s much longer now.
- Cool Papa Bell - Tuesday, Dec 8, 20 @ 1:14 pm:
Rich - I was just thinking that. But felt strange about a non-wartime kid making that comparison.
I wondered today if seeing the death reports and totals was what it was like in WW II or Korea or Vietnam. It’s heavy on the soul man, especially on the days you know someone in that total. It a reminder that on the days you don’t - your lucky. But everyday it’s someone’s loved one in the aggregate.
- DS - Tuesday, Dec 8, 20 @ 1:23 pm:
Can anyone explain the difference between case positivity and test positivity?
- Dotnonymous - Tuesday, Dec 8, 20 @ 1:33 pm:
I watched those daily death rolls hoping my brother wasn’t on the list…for the two tours he “served”.
As time passes, I’ve come to believe those who perished in Vietnam were not casualties…they were needless victims…like the people above.
- JS Mill - Tuesday, Dec 8, 20 @ 2:06 pm:
=As time passes, I’ve come to believe those who perished in Vietnam were not casualties…they were needless victims…like the people above.=
Excellent post, really has me thinking about the parallels. Really sad.
- Dee Lay - Tuesday, Dec 8, 20 @ 3:57 pm:
“When I was a kid, the TV news would air the daily casualty report out of Vietnam. This feels like that. Only it’s much longer now.”
Maybe we should do this every day. Maybe it will start to resonate with folks.
Doubt it, but worth a try.
- thoughts matter - Tuesday, Dec 8, 20 @ 3:59 pm:
I don’t remember the daily casualties report from
Vietnam, but I do remember the tv footage.
I don’t mean to make light of this by my next sentence - it’s just what comes into my head when I start reading these lists. The last Harry Potter movie where the radio reporter reads the casualty list as the characters are hiking. This is very bleak, and that’s what that scene makes me feel.
These numbers ( and those country wide) are tragedies. We will realize just how many people we’ve lost for years to come.
- Thomas Paine - Tuesday, Dec 8, 20 @ 4:23 pm:
With flu season rolling in, the governor and IDPH should strongly consider lowering those psotivitiy thresholds to six percent.
new cases are trending downward, but we cannot let things creep this far out of control again this winter.
- The Dude - Tuesday, Dec 8, 20 @ 8:03 pm:
The numbers don’t look to be showing a massive Thanksgiving increase yet. Lets hope it stays low.