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2,219 new confirmed and probable cases; 63 additional deaths; 1,596 hospitalized; 366 in ICU; 2.8 percent average case positivity rate; 3.3 percent average test positivity rate; 59,460 average daily doses; 2+ million vaccines administered

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Public Health Officials Announce 2,219 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease

Over 2 million vaccines administered in Illinois and highest single day total of over 83,000 vaccines administered in past 24 hours

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 2,219 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 63 additional deaths.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1,170,902 cases, including 20,192 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 85,963 specimens for a total of 17,474,319. As of last night, 1,596 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 366 patients were in the ICU and 190 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from February 12–18, 2021 is 2.8%. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from February 12–18, 2021 is 3.3%.

A total of doses of 2,186,775 vaccine have been delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago. In addition, approximately 445,200 doses total have been allocated to the federal government’s Pharmacy Partnership Program for long-term care facilities. This brings the total Illinois doses to 2,631,975. A total of 2,060,706 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of last midnight, including 271,142 for long-term care facilities. The 7-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 59,460 doses. Yesterday, 83,673 doses were administered, marking the highest single day amount of vaccines administered in Illinois.

*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
Friday, Feb 19, 21 @ 12:07 pm

Comments

  1. According to the NY Times, we are slightly behind the national average in doses used vs. doses received (75% vs. 79%) and population fully vaccinated (3.5% vs 4.9%), but still fairly solid. There are big differences across the state, however, with Champaign County already over 20% with the first shot, while the state average is 12%.

    Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-19-vaccine-doses.html

    Comment by thechampaignlife Friday, Feb 19, 21 @ 12:55 pm

  2. -thechampaignlife-
    Those include the federal PPP which is falling way short of its goals and not under state control.
    If you remove those shots, Illinois at ~94% used.

    Still just ok on everything else, but the issues we saw in January have been minimized and the state is adding capacity every week.

    This will be the first week where we didn’t improve on the previous week and it was because of a weather event, not a supply chain or delivery issue.

    Comment by Dee Lay Friday, Feb 19, 21 @ 1:12 pm

  3. I thought the highest single day was 95,000, which occurred last week.

    Comment by Southern Skeptic Friday, Feb 19, 21 @ 1:42 pm

  4. Dee Lay,

    That’s not accurate. You derive your state dose rate by eliminating all the federal PPP doses provided, but not eliminating the PPP doses administered.

    Although the federal PPP program hasn’t been efficient, it has delivered far more than 50% of it’s shots, leaving the state program well below 85% in terms of delivery. And the state to state comparisons are still relevant, since 48 other states also suffer from the inefficiencies of that program. Illinois is behind the national average, no matter how you divvy up the numbers.

    Comment by RWC Friday, Feb 19, 21 @ 3:09 pm

  5. From the first dose given in mid-December it wasn’t until Jan 31 until the state reached a million jabs.

    Now the state has cleared a million jabs in 18 days.

    You can’t fix the past, but the trend of shots given per day is heading in the right direction.

    And because this is largely a supply issue, once the feds gets Illinois the vials the rollout will only grow.

    I be curious to see how long it takes the next million shots to be rolled out? 12 days??

    Comment by Cool Papa Bell Friday, Feb 19, 21 @ 3:17 pm

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