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* UPDATED x1 * 1,612 new cases, 8 additional deaths, 36,155 tests, 1,529 in the hospital, 4.2 percent positivity rate

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The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,612 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 8 additional confirmed deaths.

- Cook County: 1 male 60s, 1 male 80s
- DuPage County: 1 male 70s
- Iroquois County: 1 female 80s
- Kane County: 1 male 50s
- Monroe County: 1 female 70s
- Winnebago County: 1 male 70s, 1 female 90s

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 221,790 cases, including 7,888 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 36,155 specimens for a total of 3,740,191. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from August 17 – August 23 is 4.2%. As of last night, 1,529 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 334 patients were in the ICU and 141 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.

*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. For health questions about COVID-19, call the hotline at 1-800-889-3931 or email dph.sick@illinois.gov.

* Sunday…

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,893 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 6 additional confirmed deaths.

Cook County: 1 female 40s, 1 male 40s, 1 female 50s, 1 male 80s, 1 male 90s
Iroquois County: 1 male 60s

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 220,178 cases, including 7,880 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 54,351 specimens for a total of 3,704,036. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from August 16 – August 22 is 4.2%. As of last night, 1,449 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 339 patients were in the ICU and 117 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

* Saturday…

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 2,356 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 17 additional confirmed deaths.

Cook County: 1 female 20s, 1 male 30s, 1 male 40s, 2 females 60s, 2 males 60s, 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 female 90s, 1 male 90s
Douglas County: 1 male 80s
Iroquois County: 1 female 80s
Kane County: 1 male 50s
Madison County: 1 male 60s
Sangamon County: 1 female 80s
Winnebago County: 1 male 90s

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 218,285 cases, including 7,874 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 56,766 specimens for a total of 3,649,685. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from August 15 – August 21 is 4.3%. As of last night, 1,488 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 322 patients were in the ICU and 127 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

*** UPDATE *** With a hat tip to a commenter, Region 7 (Kankakee and Will Counties) is showing three days straight of 8 percent positivity or above. That will likely trigger state mitigation.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 12:31 pm

Comments

Region 7 has met the threshold to be put on double secret probation, along with Region 4.

Comment by Cadillac Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 12:48 pm
===Region 7 has met the threshold==

Come on out to plainfield for the weekly car show, where nobody wears masks, and nobody enforces anything.

Pay no attention to the string of restaurants that are closing for cleaning downtown every day due to infected employees.

Comment by TheInvisibleMan Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 1:15 pm
The impact of college students returning? Check out Mc Lean County (ISH and IL Wesleyan.). From positivity cases of 0-25 for months, 2 of the last three days have recorded 95 and 99 cases.

Comment by Mister Whipple Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 1:21 pm
Spent almost the entire Saturday in Alton. Few if any masks amongst the thousand or so people we observed. Young, old,white, black. Didn’t matter. Unofficial observation. Maybe 10% with masks.

Comment by Blue Dog Dem Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 1:26 pm
McLean County has 99 new positive cases reported today. There were 98 new cases on Sunday. The provisional 7-day rolling positivity rate jumped to 7.3% as of 8/23/2020.

https://health.mcleancountyil.gov/708/CORONAVIRUS-COVID-19

The graph of the age groups clearly shows the increase is due to those in their 20’s and teens not following CDC guidelines. The numbers have jumped significantly since August 1 when there were 541 cases since March with a provisional 7-day rolling positivity rate of 2.1% as of 7/31/2020.

Concerns have been raised about the large gatherings and parties particularly in off-campus apartment complexes. Illinois State University acknowledges that they have no jurisdiction over events on non-university property. Now that frats and sororities are rushing freshmen, there have been gatherings without masks and lack of social distancing reported. There the university may have some jurisdiction in regards to agreements with the societies.

Comment by Nearly Normal Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 1:31 pm
“If the University of Illinois can’t prevail over COVID-19, no other big university will be able to either”

The game changer at the U. of I. is the rapid saliva testing protocol that they developed. This allows thousands of tests to be administered each day and deliver the results within hours.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/24/21399564/university-illinois-campus-covid-19-rapid-saliva-testing-champaign-urbana-sheldon-jacobson

Comment by illdoc Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 1:37 pm
If U of I is testing ten thousand people a day are these sent to the state and counted in the test numbers? And if U of I tests same people every 4 days and results are sent to state doesn’t that affect the state testing results in some way?

Comment by DuPage Saint Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 1:41 pm
Logan County is at the warning level…

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Logan County is now at 224 total cases with a 2.8-percent positivity rate. July 29, Logan County opened a free testing site at the Logan County Fairgrounds. Since the site opened, cases have nearly tripled.

COUNTIES NOW AT A WARNING INCLUDE: Bureau, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Moultrie, Randolph, St. Clair, Union, White, Will, and Williamson.”

https://dewittdailynews.com/local-news/525527?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Comment by Anon221 Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 1:48 pm
===And if U of I tests same people every 4 days and results are sent to state doesn’t that affect the state testing results in some way?===

That’s how it has been all along, with healthcare workers who are repeatedly tested along with EMS, first responders, etc. It boggles the mind that several of my acquaintances are more concerned about individuals who test positive “six times” thus skewing the numbers than the negative test numbers from a pool which is already, at least, 90% of the population.

Comment by Proud Sucker Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 1:54 pm
I’m hearing here in Will county that JB is going to mandate social gathering restrictions because of our rising numbers. I haven’t found an official announcement as of yet

Comment by Bothanspy Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 2:08 pm
===I’m hearing here in Will county===

I’m hearing that the rumor mill might be inaccurate. Try Facebook instead.

Comment by Jibba Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 2:22 pm
===I’m hearing here in Will county that JB is going to mandate social gathering restrictions because of our rising numbers.===

I think it is safe to assume similar (or identical) to Region 4:

http://www.dph.illinois.gov/news/region-4-mitigation-measures

Comment by Stu Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 2:29 pm
Mitigation goes into effect Wednesday for a minimum of 14 days. Drivers are age group 20-29, bars, private gatherings. Kankakee not exceeding the positivity limit but sruck with Will in spite of their pushback

Comment by Margo McDermed Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 2:46 pm
Dr. Ezike briefed Will and Kankakee rlecteds at 9 this morning.

Comment by Margo McDermed Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 2:48 pm
==Since the site opened, cases have nearly tripled.==

“If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases” - Donald J. Trump

Comment by Demoralized Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 2:58 pm
Some Region 4 municipalities are notifying businesses that:
“IDPH and our State of Illinois Administrative Officials, are ordering all bars, restaurants, and gambling facilities in Region 4, which includes St. Clair County, to cease all indoor dining and drinking effective Wednesday 8-26-2020. Outdoor dining and drinking rules do still apply but all such affected businesses must close by 11pm.”
one of several sources
https://www.lebanonil.org/administration/page/covid-19-update

Comment by DownSouth Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 3:22 pm
A personal narrative, submitted for your consideration.

Over the weekend a friend of mine from California flew into St. Louis to spend a week with a close relative in a city in the Metro East region. I was invited to join them. In a conversation on Monday I noted the test positivity rate in their county was almost 10%, well over the threshold for concern, and rising. The call must have been on speaker phone because a next-door neighbor of the relative instantly chimed in, “That’s just people in nursing homes. In the general population, it’s just one percent.” This response confused a recent spate of deaths among the elderly, which were connected to congregate living facilities, to the overall rise in cases and the positivity rate. But this jumble does help explain the attitudes of the residents.

And that attitude leads me to think it is probably not a good time to spend a few nights in a hotel in Region Four.

Comment by Comma Chameleon Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 4:02 pm
Bolingbrook has been having village sponsored festivals and large gathering events all summer. Only the George Floyd murder protests had good mask compliance. Village hall has tried to conceal the number of local police and firefighters infected and won’t talk about the nursing home in town with some of the highest cases of any in the state.

Comment by Will County Watcher Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 4:02 pm
===Maybe 10% with masks.===

Sounds like a lot of selfish people in Alton. Do us a favor and stay down there. Chicago’s closed anyway.

Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 4:18 pm
…Chicago’s closed anyway….From covid or violence.?

Comment by Blue Dog Dem Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 6:30 pm
Take your pick Blue, but do it from a distance, and tell all of your selfish neighbors to wear a mask. And tell them that, despite the violence, Black Lives Matter. Even in Chicago.

Comment by Anonymous Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 6:55 pm
6:55 is me Blue.

Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 7:01 pm
Looks like region 4 got a two week reprieve.

Comment by Blue Dog Dem Monday, Aug 24, 20 @ 9:34 pm