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4,342 new cases, 69 additional deaths, 2,338 hospitalized, 5.7 percent positivity rate

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* Press release…

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 4,342 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 69 additional deaths.

• Christian County: 1 female 80s
• Clark County: 1 male 90s
• Clay County: 1 male 80s
• Clinton County: 1 male 80s
• Cook County: 2 females 60s, 2 males 60s, 2 males 70s, 3 females 80s, 1 male 80s, 1 female 90s, 2 males 90s
• DuPage County: 1 male 30s, 1 female 40s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s
• Fayette County: 1 male 80s
• Ford County: 1 male 50s, 1 female 90s
• Franklin County: 1 male 80s, 1 male 90s
• Fulton County: 1 male 90s
• Hancock County: 1 male 60s
• Jackson County: 1 male 70s
• Kane County: 1 male 50s, 1 female 80s
• Kendall County: 1 male 80s, 1 male 90s
• Knox County: 1 female 50s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 90s
• Lake County: 1 female 70s
• Macon County:1 female 90s
• Madison County: 1 male 80s
• Marion County: 2 males 70s, 1 male 80s
• McDonough County: 1 female 80s
• Peoria County: 1 female 40s, 1 female 70s, 1 female 80s
• Richland County: 1 male 80s
• Saline County: 2 females 80s
• Sangamon County: 1 male 80s
• Shelby County: 1 female 60s, 1 male 70s
• St. Clair County: 1 male 80s, 1 male 90s
• Vermilion County: 1 female 70s
• Whiteside County: 2 male 80s, 1 female 90s
• Will County: 1 female 50s, 1 male 80s
• Williamson County: 1 female 90s
• Winnebago County: 1 male 60s, 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 female 90s, 1 female 100+
• Woodford County: 2 females 90s, 1 male 90s

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 355,217 cases, including 9,345 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from October 14 – October 20 is 5.7%. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 66,791 specimens for a total of 6,950,105. As of last night, 2,338 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 502 patients were in the ICU and 194 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

*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. Information for a death previously reported has changed, therefore, today’s numbers have been adjusted. 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, Oct 21, 20 @ 12:06 pm

Comments

If I was the Governor or IDPH I would just simply say that today the state is moving back to Phase 3 statewide regardless of each remaining non-mitigated region’s positivity rates.

Comment by Chatham Resident Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 12:14 pm
what is the Seven-Day positivity rate without U of I?

Comment by Just Curious Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 12:27 pm
U of I has a 0.14% positivity rate over the last 7 days

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 12:33 pm
As someone eluded to yesterday, the numbers are probably too big now for contact tracing to even be possible, but I emailed IDPH in regards to the level of contract tracing in the state and they replied:

“All of our local health departments are doing contact tracing for COVID-19. We do not have specific numbers at this time.”

That was surprising.

Comment by harp5339 Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 12:34 pm
===what is the Seven-Day positivity rate without U of I?===

Using the regional data (3 day delay) to strip away Champaign county from the total numbers IDPH publishes each day:

Date IL 7-Day IL less Champaign 7-day
10/14 4.6% 5.2%
10/15 4.9% 5.6%
10/16 5.1% 5.9%
10/17 5.2% 5.8%
10/18 5.3% 6.0%

Comment by Stu Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 12:48 pm
“That was surprising.” - Surprising that they replied or surprising that they had no idea how well it was working?

Comment by essentially working Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 12:58 pm
Thanks Stu!

IDPH reported a statewide positivity of 5.3% on Sunday, but when you remove the massive bias created by UIUC’s sweeping testing, the unskewed picture for the state is a 6.0% positivity rate.

IDPH needs to start reporting statewide positivity without the UIUC tests included.

This also raises questions about the comparison that Pritzker makes between Illinois and other states, but my beef is with the math.

Comment by Math Counts Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 12:59 pm
Suburban Cook is now on its first day above 8% (8.5%).

Comment by SouthSide Markie Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 1:00 pm
=== That was surprising ===

IDPH not measuring contact tracing is a lot like President Trump not wanting to get tested or others to get tested.

If you aren’t measuring it, no one has any proof of how bad you are doing.

Comment by Thomas Paine Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 1:01 pm
To everyone whining about the Gov renewing regional mitigation efforts please ask yoursewhat you’ve done or more importantly have not done to eradicate the virus

Comment by We'll See Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 1:04 pm
===Suburban Cook is now on its first day above 8% (8.5%).===
7 day rolling average is the one used for determining if mitigation is needed, Suburban Cook is at 7.2% for 7-day average.
(They also popped above 8% *daily* on 10/12)

(there was a

Comment by Stu Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 1:05 pm
Yesterday’s 5.5 would have been 6.3 without Champaign County. Today’s numbers not yet posted on IDPH so I can’t adjust today’s. Of course, Champaign outside of U of I likely has some issues as well so the adjustment might be as much as a point higher.

Comment by UofI Plus Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 1:05 pm
- SouthSide Markie - Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 1:00 pm:

Suburban Cook is now on its first day above 8% (8.5%).

Where does one find current day numbers for suburban Cook? I only see through 10/18 on IDPH website.

Comment by Tear One Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 1:12 pm
== Surprising that they replied or surprising that they had no idea how well it was working ==

The latter. I’ve contacted the “IDPH COVID-19 Email Team” twice now and both times they replied very quickly. Yesterday they wrote back in under 10 minutes.

Comment by harp5339 Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 1:14 pm
This is from a bulletin sent out by the Lake County Health Dept. yesterday:

“Lake County, Ill. — The Lake County Health Department is reporting ’substantial’ community transmission of COVID-19. To protect students, staff, and their families and slow the spread of COVID-19 in the community, the Health Department is recommending that public and private K-12 schools in Lake County transition to virtual learning.”

Comment by Wensicia Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 1:31 pm
Not sure IDPH people are looking at this correctly.
When you look at our death rates compared to other states and other countries you see Illinois doing very badly.
Back is not a MD, but it seems places like Illinois has some health system issues that might be addressed now in a different way than in the past.
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1. Covid seems to cause people with Obesity issues more problems. The USA obesity rate is much higher than just about any place on the globe. Looking at the Nordic, Asian or other countries where obesity is not as big an issue. It seems our death rate is much lower.
2. People with Dietetic issues also seem more vulnerable.
3. Our health care systems in Black and Brown communities are stranded and appear underfunded.
4. Overall we as a state did a poor job in noticing and addressing the Nursing Home death issues.

These are all issues we can address now. They are big issues and the state should spend some time and money on things that can make a big difference.

Comment by Back to the Future Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 1:35 pm
Look at that list of deaths. My goodness, wear a mask people.

Comment by JS Mill Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 2:03 pm
Uhh… JB? Gonna do anything to help statewide yet or are we just going to wait until it inevitably gets way worse?

Comment by Sloop Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 2:55 pm
Those reporters during Q&A at the presser today seemed to be way too obsessed about bars and restaurants. Makes me wonder where their priorities lie outside of work.

Comment by Chatham Resident Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 3:09 pm
Public Health officials have my sympathy. I have no idea what they’re supposed to do when a fraction of the population has just up and decided they don’t care about anyone or anything but themselves

Comment by In 630 Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 4:03 pm
I agree with “Chatham Resident”.

Comment by Sal Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 4:17 pm
==I agree with “Chatham Resident”.==

Thank you so much. Plus it also seems like with some of the reporters’ questions, each of them might as well throw their hat in the ring to run in 2022. Either that or it’s the typical gotcha questions they’re wanting.

Comment by Chatham Resident Wednesday, Oct 21, 20 @ 5:40 pm