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2,157 new cases, 37 additional deaths, 1,573 people in the hospital, 4.0 percent positivity rate

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* Press release…

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 2,157 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 37 additional confirmed deaths.

- Bureau County: 1 male 90s
- Cook County: 1 female under 20, 1 female 70s, 2 males 70s, 4 females 80s, 1 male 90s
- DuPage County: 1 male 70s
- Kane County: 2 males 70s, 2 females 90s
- Lake County: 1 male 50s
- LaSalle County: 1 female 80s
- Livingston County: 1 female 80s
- Macon County: 1 female 60s, 1 female 70s
- Morgan County: 1 female 80s
- Peoria County: 1 female 90s
- Perry County: 1 male 80s, 1 female 90s
- Pope County: 1 female 60s
- Rock Island County: 1 female 60s, 2 females 80s, 1 male 80s, 1 female 90s
- St. Clair County: 1 female 70s, 1 female 90s
- Warren County: 1 male 70s
- Will County: 1 male 60s, 1 female 90s
- Williamson County: 1 male 80s
- Winnebago County: 1 female 70s

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 225,627 cases, including 7,954 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 50,362 specimens for a total of 3,831,412. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from August 19 – August 25 is 4.0%. As of last night, 1,573 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 350 patients were in the ICU and 132 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.

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Aug 26, 20 @ 12:25 pm

Comments

Regions 4 (Metro East) and 7 (Will/Kankakee) which are now subject to additional COVID prevention measures, both have a 0.1% drop in positivity in the region metrics in today’s reporting. A very small step in the right direction.

Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Wednesday, Aug 26, 20 @ 12:30 pm
CDC new guideline says no need to test if exposed. That should help.

Comment by Lurker Wednesday, Aug 26, 20 @ 1:10 pm
Numbers are interesting. Positivity rate is down again which is good news. It has been dropping for past week after spiking early in the month. Be nice to get below 3%.
Wear a mask, socially distance, wash your hands etc etc

Comment by Frank talks Wednesday, Aug 26, 20 @ 1:22 pm
Wheels spinning

Faster and faster

Not one inch forward

Comment by Dotnonymous Wednesday, Aug 26, 20 @ 2:23 pm
Once you exclude the Region 6 (UIUC) tests…. the rest of the state looks pretty rough.

We are playing with fool’s gold at this point.

Comment by Dee Lay Wednesday, Aug 26, 20 @ 2:25 pm
I think Dee Lay likely nailed it.

UIUC students have returned, testing there is padding the statewide figures. 50,000 tests?

We cannot rely on positivity rates to tell us much any more with such disparities in testing methodology.

Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Wednesday, Aug 26, 20 @ 5:30 pm