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10,573 new confirmed and probable cases, 4,409 hospitalized, 857 in ICU, 11.4 percent case positivity, 12.4 percent test positivity

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* Highest number of hospitalizations since May 13. Press release…

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 10,573 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 14 additional deaths.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 498,560 cases, including 10,210 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 64,760 specimens for a total 8,469,064. As of last night, 4,409 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 857 patients were in the ICU and 376 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from November 2 – November 8 is 11.4%. This is the number that IDPH has been consistently reporting in its daily releases and is calculated using total cases over total tests. Similar to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, IDPH has been using test positivity for regional mitigation metrics on its website since mid-July. Test positivity is calculated using the number of COVID-19 positive tests over total tests. On October 29, 2020, IDPH began reporting the statewide test positivity in its daily releases. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from November 2, 2020 – November 8, 2020 is 12.4%.

Case positivity and test positivity rate are both relevant and offer insight into the bigger COVID-19 picture. Case positivity helps us understand whether changes in the number of confirmed cases is due to more testing or due to more infections. Whereas, test positivity accounts for repeated testing and helps us understand how the virus is spreading in the population over time.

Following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, beginning November 6, 2020 and going forward, IDPH will report confirmed cases and probable cases combined. A confirmed case is laboratory confirmed via molecular test. A probable case meets clinical criteria AND is epidemiologically linked or has a positive antigen test. If a probable case is later confirmed, the case will be deduplicated and will only be counted once. Probable deaths and confirmed deaths will continue to be reported separately.

*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 reported 10,009 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 42 additional deaths.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 487,987 cases, including 10,196 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 90,757 specimens for a total 8,404,304. As of last night, 4,303 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 833 patients were in the ICU and 368 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from November 1 – November 7 is 10.6%. This is the number that IDPH has been consistently reporting in its daily releases and is calculated using total cases over total tests. Similar to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, IDPH has been using test positivity for regional mitigation metrics on its website since mid-July. Test positivity is calculated using the number of COVID-19 positive tests over total tests. On October 29, 2020, IDPH began reporting the statewide test positivity in its daily releases. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from November 1, 2020 – November 7, 2020 is 12.0%.

Case positivity and test positivity rate are both relevant and offer insight into the bigger COVID-19 picture. Case positivity helps us understand whether changes in the number of confirmed cases is due to more testing or due to more infections. Whereas, test positivity accounts for repeated testing and helps us understand how the virus is spreading in the population over time.

Following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, beginning November 6, 2020 and going forward, IDPH will report confirmed cases and probable cases combined. A confirmed case is laboratory confirmed via molecular test. A probable case meets clinical criteria AND is epidemiologically linked or has a positive antigen test. If a probable case is later confirmed, the case will be deduplicated and will only be counted once. Probable deaths and confirmed deaths will continue to be reported separately.

* Saturday…

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 12,438 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 76 additional deaths.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 477,978 cases, including 10,154 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 98,418 specimens for a total 8,313,547. As of last night, 4,250 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 813 patients were in the ICU and 367 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from October 31 – November 6 is 10.3%. This is the number that IDPH has been consistently reporting in its daily releases and is calculated using total cases over total tests. Similar to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, IDPH has been using test positivity for regional mitigation metrics on its website since mid-July. Test positivity is calculated using the number of COVID-19 positive tests over total tests. On October 29, 2020, IDPH began reporting the statewide test positivity in its daily releases. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from October 31, 2020 – November 6, 2020 is 11.5%.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 12:11 pm

Comments

  1. It’s bad, folks.

    Comment by BilboSwaggins Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 12:18 pm

  2. Treat every gun as if it’s loaded. Treat every new person as if they are infected.

    Comment by Last Bull Moose Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 12:23 pm

  3. The question is will JB keep tightening mitigation tiers on the regions, or use statewide Phase 3 or modified Phase 2 next? He hinted as much at last weeks presser

    Comment by Donnie Elgin Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 12:30 pm

  4. That is a one-day positivity of 15.6% for the whole state.

    The mitigations are not working, atleast not nearly fast enough.

    Comment by Thomas Paine Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 12:46 pm

  5. Don’t look now, but with IL’s increased positivity, we are poised to displace New York as #4 in cases in the US in a few weeks at current levels.

    Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 1:00 pm

  6. ===The mitigations are not working, atleast not nearly fast enough.===

    The mitigations are not being enforced…

    Comment by Stu Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 1:08 pm

  7. Beginning of October we were at just below 4% amazed at how that trajectory has changed

    Comment by Frank talks Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 1:15 pm

  8. Stu you are so right. The mitigations are being ignored. Many hospitals are stopping elective surgery and going into crisis mode. Nurses are hard to get either due to leaving the profession, changing where they work or having to be home with children. If we don’t have the medical staff to treat us, we are in a world of hurt. The key is not to get sick, so there is enough health care providers for those who get sick.

    Comment by illinifan Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 1:17 pm

  9. === Pfizer announces they have a vaccine that is 90% effective.

    They announce it one week after the election.===

    The Facebook page “The Conspiracy Tin Foil Hats Wearers” is down the dial a bit…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:11 pm

  10. I may have missed it, but what is the reason for now including ‘probable’ cases in these totals?

    Comment by 618er Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:13 pm

  11. ===I may have missed it, but what is the reason===

    Try reading the post. I mean, really, are you a House Democrat or something? Spoonfeeding is for other sites.

    Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:15 pm

  12. Bad doesn’t really cover it. Illinois has about 9 percent of national new cases with 4 percent of the US population.

    Comment by DuPage Dave Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:44 pm

  13. === the mitigations are not being enforced. ===

    I wont argue there, Stu.

    The GOP plan boils down to: “We should just rely on people to do the right thing.”

    The Pritzker plan boils down to: “We hope we can rely on people to do the right thing.”

    If your plan’s success relied on 90% of people to social distance and where masks on their own, or 90% of businesses to follow public health guidelines, or 90% of local government, then it was not a good plan.

    Not only not good, but not rooted in science: social, political, or behavioral.

    We are seeing skyrpcketing infection rates in Illinois not just because the govenror’s mitigations arent being followed. The 8 percent threshold did not leave them enough braking distance to slow down the infection, the two week period to get back out of mitigation did not allow enough time for mitigations to take full effect.

    I dont think these werre really based on science, some outside analysis from epideniologists would be good.

    Comment by Thomas Paine Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:48 pm

  14. I’m hoping the following was an isolated incident but I spoke with a friend in the Quincy area last night. He had come down with a fever of 101 and a headache early last week and took some Tylenol and it went away but popped up again Wednesday morning. He took some more Tylenol but exhibited no other symptoms of COVID.

    To be safe, he went Blessing Hospitals testing site Wednesday at 4:55 PM. Thursday passed and before Friday was over and he hadn’t heard back, he called them.

    However, he was told that he didn’t test until noon on Thursday, to which he disagreed but they still did not have the results. He called this weekend and no results. Late this morning he was told he was Positive.

    Now that seems way too long for results to be provided, specially by a large institution.

    Thankfully, he limited his personal encounters during this time even though he felt fine and only had the fever and headache twice in just over a 24 hour period.

    Again, I hope this was an isolated incident but if it isn’t, they are missing opportunities here…IMHO.

    Hope someone in Adams County is reading this…

    Comment by LINK Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 2:49 pm

  15. Its bad, but what is not making it better is the speed at which test results are returned. I had a sore throat on Friday and got tested. I did not get my negative result back until Monday morning. I know of others who were tested last Wednesday and are still waiting on results. People are not going to stay home for 5 days if they have mild symptoms to find out on day 5 they are negative. All the more so if they are positive. If we cannot get results within 36 hours people are less likely to take it seriously and will still be out and about until they actually receive a negative.

    Comment by Unionman Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:07 pm

  16. Wow I get called tom devore and a house dem all in the same month. Awesomeness. If I were I’d go through the legislative liaison of IDPH to get the answer, not here…

    I read back in April that probable covid deaths could be listed on certificates. I also read the guidelines back in September, updated August 28, defining what probable cases are. The question is why NOW, well Nov 6, has IDPH started including those?

    Comment by 618er Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:33 pm

  17. 618

    Because as it says in the post, the CDC told them to and it explains the two different test methods.

    Comment by thoughts matter Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 3:37 pm

  18. A followup to my earlier post about Adam’s County and Blessing. Turns out my friend had to call Blessing and the positive findings had been there awhile. The Adams County HD has yet to contact him. Fortunately at this time he feels fine. At this time…

    Comment by LINK Monday, Nov 9, 20 @ 10:44 pm

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