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2,084 new cases, 21 additional deaths, 4.1 percent positivity rate

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* Late May since we’ve seen this many cases and the average positivity rate is still rising…

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 2,084 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 21 additional confirmed deaths.

Clark County: 1 male 60s
Cook County: 1 male 30s, 1 male 40s, 2 males 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s, 2 females 80s, 2 females 90s,
Ford County: 1 male 80s
Iroquois County: 1 male 60s, 1 male 70s
Lake County: 1 female 80s
LaSalle County: 1 female 90s, 2 males 90s
Madison County: 1 male 90s
St. Clair County: 1 male 80s
Winnebago County: 1 female 90s

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 190,508 cases, including 7,613 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 46,869 specimens for a total of 2,984,618. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from July 31 – August 6 is 4.1%. As of last night, 1,486 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 333 patients were in the ICU and 125 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, IDPH is now reporting 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.

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Aug 7, 20 @ 12:21 pm

Comments

Wasn’t our positivity rate 3.8 a week ago? And I don’t remember which day, but within the last 2-4 days Indiana had a day where there positivity rate was 28% (banned punctuation).

I saw today’s numbers and said some very bad words.

Loyola and Johns Hopkins already closing dorms.

And we have Labor Day soon…

I suspect we will be having some interesting conversations around September 10th.

Comment by Lynn S. Friday, Aug 7, 20 @ 3:36 pm