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* Dr. Ezike at today’s press briefing…
Today, IDPH reports 3137 new cases of COVID-19 here in Illinois. For a total of 56,055 across the state.
This unfortunately includes a total of 2457 deaths of which 105 were reported since yesterday.
To date, we have run 284,688 tests with 14,821 being performed in the last 24 hours.
Regarding hospital data, as of yesterday 4900 people were in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those 4900, 1263 patients are in the intensive care unit and 777 patients are on ventilators.
I’ll post the press release when I get it.
…Adding… Press release…
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 3,137 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 105 additional deaths.
Adams County: 1 female 60s
Clinton County: 1 female 80s
Cook County: 1 female 30s, 1 male 30s, 2 females 40s, 1 male 40s, 2 females 50s, 1 male 50s, 5 females 60s, 13 males 60s, 5 females 70s, 10 males 70s, 9 females 80s, 12 males 80s, 5 females 90s, 2 males 90s
DuPage County: 1 male 40s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s, 2 females 80s, 3 males 80s, 2 females 90s, 1 male 90s
Jackson County: 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s
Kane County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s
Lake County: 1 male 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 female 90s, 1 male 90s
Madison County: 1 female 70s
McHenry County: 1 female 80s, 1 male 100+
Sangamon County: 1 female 80s
St. Clair County: 1 male 60s
Whiteside County: 1 female 90s
Will County: 1 male teens, 1 female 60s, 2 males 60s, 1 male 70s, 2 females 90sCurrently, IDPH is reporting a total of 56,055 cases, including 2,457 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 14,821 specimens for a total of 284,688
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, May 1, 20 @ 2:37 pm
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In two weeks, we’ll see a bump in deaths from the knuckleheads downtown and in Springfield.
In two weeks, we’ll also see a bump in deaths from all of the Berners who are evicted because they didn’t pay their rent. (Sarcasm on the second line)
Comment by Blue Beard Friday, May 1, 20 @ 2:40 pm
I was hoping we wouldn’t crack 3K cases and we did. The largest one day total of cases in a 24 hr period.
Comment by Levois J Friday, May 1, 20 @ 2:44 pm
Think we are seeing a gradual upswing in cases due to Illinoisians disregarding social distancing guidelines over Easter weekend (three weeks ago) who are getting tested after feeling cruddy for a few days/a week? Stay home, people. Please.
Comment by Crabby Friday, May 1, 20 @ 2:53 pm
I think that previous commenters could be correct about localized relaxation of social distancing.
But I think there is a far greater relationship between the higher number of cases and the higher number of tests administered. I think there have been suspicions for some time that there were more cases out there, but the lack of testing was keeping numbers somewhat artificially low.
Comment by Mr. Smith Friday, May 1, 20 @ 3:00 pm
McLean County today reported 4 new cases. There are now 99 cases since the middle of March. 85 have recoved, 3 died, 4 are hospitalized, and 7 are in home isolation. Besides Bloomington-Normal, there are cases in the zip codes for Chenoa, Heyworth, Lexington, Gridley, Danvers, Ellsworth, and Saybrook. Don’t tell me it’s not in the rural areas. Only 3 cases were reported to be in a long term care facility.
Comment by Nearly Normal Friday, May 1, 20 @ 3:00 pm
Easter weekend is definitely playing a part in the increase in cases as is the gradual shift to people growing restless with the lockdown and taking more risks.
However, we need to start asking why other states (namely Florida and California) are not seeing the same continued increase in case counts/percentage of positive tests. What other factors are contributing? Are their citizens following rules more closely than Illinois? Perhaps weather and heat is playing a greater role than originally thought. Perhaps it is testing criteria? The expansion over the last couple of weeks in nursing facilities is certainly playing a role as is the definition of an outbreak in a long term care facility in the higher case counts.
Comment by Data Guy Friday, May 1, 20 @ 3:00 pm
The large numbers in RI Henry Whiteside Warren Cass Morgan are meat plant related.
Comment by Not a Billionaire Friday, May 1, 20 @ 3:22 pm
Data Guy
Multiple friends v]living in Florida are telling me that the state is covering up the real numbers.
Comment by Dance Band on the Titanic Friday, May 1, 20 @ 3:24 pm
-namely Florida-
Florida is intentionally not releasing data. The Tampa Bay Times has a terrifyingly thorough account of just how far Florida officials are going to be dishonest about their COVID-19 numbers.
Comment by MakePoliticsCoolAgain Friday, May 1, 20 @ 3:29 pm
My relatives in Florida say that there are tons of people that are feeling sick but don’t know where to get tested or just choosing not to go get tested. I think the numbers are just way undercounted there.
Anecdotal data point so take it for what it’s worth.
Comment by tea_and_honey Friday, May 1, 20 @ 3:33 pm
Mr. Smith - A higher number of cases can be due to more testing. We saw that on April 24 when the number of cases jumped to 2724 on 16K tests. But as testing went up last week the rate of positive tests went down from 20.4% on 4/23 to 15.2% on 4/28. Unfortunately the rate of positive tests jumped up to 19.4% yesterday and 21.2% today.
Ideally one wants to see that percentage get down under 10% to know that testing has ramped up sufficiently and the spread of infection has decreased. The data from the last two days suggests we’ve gone the opposite way.
Comment by muon Friday, May 1, 20 @ 3:33 pm
3137 new positive cases, out of 14,821 tested in the last 24 hrs.
21.17% positive.
7 day moving avg, 17.23%, down from a high of 22.85% on 4/17.
Up slightly, after 13 days of downward trend.
…
105 total deaths, out of 56,055 total cases
4.38% rate.
7 day moving avg, 4.41%, down from a high of 4.46% on 4/26.
Still moving downward.
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56,055 total cases, out of 284,688 total tested.
19.69% positive.
7 day moving avg, 20.01%, down from a high of 21.26% on 4/23.
slowly declining.
Comment by just the numbers Friday, May 1, 20 @ 4:21 pm