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2,887 new cases, 14% positivity rate, 130 additional deaths - State tops 20,000 tests for first time

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* Press release

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 2,887 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 130 additional deaths.

Pope County is now reporting a case of COVID-19. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 73,760 cases, including 3,241 deaths, in 98 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 20,671 specimens for a total of 399,714.

* Dr. Ezike

As of yesterday 4750 people were in the hospital with COVID-19. And of those, 25%, 1222 patients, are in the ICU and 727 patients were on ventilators.

To date, almost 400,000 tests have been performed and of those 20,671 were reported in the last 14 hours, for a positivity rate of about 14%.

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, May 8, 20 @ 2:34 pm

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  1. Illinois is now #3 in the nation in reported cases. Massachusetts has yet to report as of this writing, but by this time next week, IL should have a firm grip on #3 and running away if current trends continue. The good news, if it can be called that, is that we are nowhere near NY or NJ in cases, deaths, or deaths per million residents.
    https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

    Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Friday, May 8, 20 @ 3:07 pm

  2. ===Massachusetts has yet===

    It’s half our size.

    Comment by Rich Miller Friday, May 8, 20 @ 3:42 pm

  3. The Massachusetts Measure, if you will, is seeing on a board the number of cases and such and how Illinois, Massachusetts, and California… small, medium, large… are seeing their numbers and mitigating factors; testing, urban areas, hot spots, and how each sees their own numbers to not only their own size and numbers but to a national comparison, solely on… the number.

    It’s like New Jersey.

    Is New Jersey that large of a hotbed or is its own proximity to New York more the measure to New Jersey’s number and not a measure to its population?

    Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, May 8, 20 @ 3:47 pm

  4. I’m curious to know the number of non-COVID deaths on a daily basis. Are we seeing the same as average for this time of year? So many conspiracy theorists are saying hospitals are reporting all deaths as COVID.

    Comment by Inquiring Minds Friday, May 8, 20 @ 4:02 pm

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