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* Press release…
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 2,441 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 55 additional deaths.
Champaign County: 1 male 90s
Christian County: 1 male 70s
Coles County: 1 female 80s
Cook County: 2 females 40s, 3 males 40s, 1 female 50s, 1 male 50s, 2 females 60s, 4 males 60s, 3 females 70s, 3 males 70s, 1 female 80s, 4 males 80s, 2 females 90s, 1 male 90s
Crawford County: 1 male 70s
DuPage County: 1 male 50s
Grundy County: 1 male 70s
Kane County: 1 male 80s
Kendall County: 1 female 90s
Lake County: 1 male 70s
LaSalle County: 1 male 70s
Livingston County: 1 male 70s
Massac County: 1 female 80s
McHenry County: 1 female 60s, 1 male 80s
McLean County: 1 male 60s
Mercer County: 1 female 80s
Peoria County: 2 females 90s
Sangamon County: 1 female 80s
St. Clair County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s, 1 female 90s
Vermilion County: 1 male 50s
Warren County: 1 female 90s
Will County: 1 female 70s, 1 female 90s
Winnebago County: 1 male 70s, 1 male 90sCurrently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1,183,667 cases, including 20,460 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 92,256 specimens for a total of 17,988,085. As of last night, 1,393 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 336 patients were in the ICU and 174 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from February 19–25, 2021 is 2.5%. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from February 19–25, 2021 is 2.7%.
A total of doses of 2,726,745 vaccine have been delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago. In addition, approximately 444,500 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 3,171,245. A total of 2,543,620 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of last midnight, including 307,382 for long-term care facilities. The 7-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 68,988 doses. Yesterday, 102,670 doses were administered in Illinois, marking the second highest reported amount of vaccines administered to date.
*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 26, 21 @ 2:14 pm
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US numbers have been going up since Feb 21. Something might be going on with variants.
Comment by Anotherretiree Friday, Feb 26, 21 @ 3:01 pm
It looks like we are starting to see some slightly increasing numbers. Now is not to time to become complacent. Keep wearing those masks, washing your hands and social distancing.
Comment by Manchester Friday, Feb 26, 21 @ 3:35 pm