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*** UPDATED x1 *** 6,190 new confirmed and probable cases; 85 additional deaths; 5,849 in the hospital; 1,217 in ICU; 10.2 percent case positivity rate; 12.2 percent test positivity rate

Monday, Nov 30, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Press release…

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 6,190 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 85 additional deaths.

Cook County: 1 female 30s, 1 female 50s, 1 male 50s, 5 females 60s, 6 males 60s, 12 females 70s, 11 males 70s, 10 females 80s, 13 males 80s, 3 females 90s, 2 males 90s
DeKalb County: 1 male 60s
DuPage County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s
Kane County: 1 female 70s, 1 female 80s
Lake County: 1 male 70s
LaSalle County: 1 male 50s, 1 male 90s
Madison County: 1 male 60s, 1 male 90s
Mason County: 1 male 80s, 1 female 90s
McDonough County: 1 male 60s
Monroe County: 1 female 80s
Ogle County: 1 female 90s
Peoria County: 1 female 50s
Tazewell County: 1 male 70s, 1 male 80s
Will County: 2 females 90s

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 726,304 cases, including 12,278 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 66,980 specimens for a total 10,497,998. As of last night, 5,849 in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 1,217 patients were in the ICU and 715 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from November 23 – November 29, 2020 is 10.2%. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from November 23 – November 29, 2020 is 12.2%.

*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.

…Adding… Hannah…

The city of Chicago is closest to escaping Tier III mitigations. (If its average positivity rate stays under 12% for one more day and the number of COVID hospitalizations declines for one more day.)

However, who knows how long that trend would hold post-Thanksgiving spread. pic.twitter.com/o4wLHv55JC

— Hannah Meisel (@hannahmeisel) November 30, 2020

* Ben…

Southern Illinois currently has the lowest availability of ICU beds: 14 of 88 avail in Region 5 (far southern Illinois) and 19 of 113 in Region 4 (Illinois side of St. Louis). Will & Kankakee counties improving with 34 of 162 ICU beds available.

— Ben Bradley (@BenBradleyTV) November 30, 2020

*** UPDATE *** The governor just said that no region would be moved back to Tier II for the next few weeks because of all the Thanksgiving gatherings and travel. Pritzker said he talked to Dr. Fauci this morning, who said “the massive number of indoor gatherings by people visiting family and friends across the nation will very likely bring a post Thanksgiving surge, and he believes this is no time to pull back on mitigations.”