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The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 1,182 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 5 additional deaths.
- Christian County: 1 female 70s
- Cook County: 1 male 60s, 1 male 70s, 1 female 90s
- Monroe County: 1 male 90Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1,199,517 cases, including 20,767 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 39,636 specimens for a total of 18,679,826. As of last night, 1,178 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 266 patients were in the ICU and 118 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from March 1-7, 2021 is 2.3%. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from March 1-7, 2021 is 2.8%.
A total of doses of 3,824,675 vaccine have been delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago. In addition, approximately 443,700 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 4,268,375. A total of 3,387,778 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of last midnight, including 347,915 for long-term care facilities. The 7-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 90,135 doses. Yesterday, 29,564 doses were 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. 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
Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 12:07 pm
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Let’s hope it stays that low and gets lower
Comment by OneMan Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 12:15 pm
Also remember that deaths are a lagging indicator. Deaths should follow a decline if cases and the positivity percentage have decreased a bit.
Comment by Hot Taeks Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 12:22 pm
Great, now lets lower the age to 55 and older before we roll into 1C
Comment by Dee Lay Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 12:35 pm
When was the last time we had five or fewer deaths? Here’s hoping this isn’t temporary.
Comment by Montrose Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 12:36 pm
The low death number tracks a bit with what’s happening in Israel: while the drop in new cases leveled off (possibly because of the new variant), the 7 day average deaths number continued to drop. Since vaccines have targeted the at-risk populations, particularly the elderly, that’s the stat you would expect to go down the quickest.
Comment by lake county democrat Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 12:46 pm
===When was the last time we had five or fewer deaths? Here’s hoping this isn’t temporary.===
September 14 with 3
Comment by Stu Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 12:46 pm
I agree with Dee Lay 100%. Age should be lowered to 50 or 55 before 1C is fully rolled out.
Comment by Hot Taeks Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 1:10 pm
Not sure if I’d lower to 50/55 first - is a healthy 50 year old at more risk than someone in the at-risk 1C category? (Though for purposes of 1C I wish they had defined obesity more narrowly than BMI over 30.)
Comment by lake county democrat Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 1:16 pm
Obviously, it’s one data point.
But… if you have a pandemic that, from a statistical perspective, is killing virtually no one…
You don’t have a pandemic at all.
Comment by JB13 Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 1:23 pm
“But… if you have a pandemic that, from a statistical perspective, is killing virtually no one…
You don’t have a pandemic at all.”
It’s killed 520k+ - 13K+ last week - is that not enough?
I get your point, but let’s get to
Comment by Dee Lay Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 1:28 pm
From Dec 15 to today - 336,040 new cases of COVID
From Dec 15 to today - 3,387,778 vaccines given.
Very proud of the rollout. You can complain here and there but the work being done has been great.
Deaths will rise a little bit - its the nature of nature. But given how the virus was tamped back down from Jan 1 to date and the rollout of the vaccine - deaths aren’t coming back to the levels we saw this winter or last spring.
@Dee Lay - An obese or compromised 43 year old is at greater risk of complications or death than an in shape 58 year old.
After you did front line workers and the LTC’s the only way to really have parity in the vaccine rollout was to do it only on age.
Comment by Cool Papa Bell Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 1:31 pm
Before everyone gets too excited, look at the weekly pattern. Sunday reporting, published on Monday, has always been significantly lower than the other 6 days.
Today’s number is great. But it’s reflective of a daily average more like 20-30 deaths/day for the whole week.
Comment by RWC Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 2:58 pm
Why does Adams County have so much vaccine?
Comment by Doomed in Illinois Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 3:13 pm
Adams County has a lot of nursing facilities I believe.
I am attributing the decline in deaths to the fact that the elderly have been vaccinated.
I am scheduled for my 1st shot in couple of weeks.
Comment by Sal Monday, Mar 8, 21 @ 3:44 pm