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12,542 new confirmed and probable cases; 125 additional deaths; 5,835 hospitalized; 1,195 in ICU; 10.4 percent case positivity rate; 12.2 percent test positivity rate

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* Press release…

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 12,542 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 125 additional deaths.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 738,846 cases, including 12,403 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 116,081 specimens for a total 10,614,079. As of last night, 5,835 in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 1,195 patients were in the ICU and 721 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from November 24 – November 30, 2020 is 10.4%. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from November 24 – November 30, 2020 is 12.2%.

*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
Tuesday, Dec 1, 20 @ 12:17 pm

Comments

  1. The sad news continues every day. It’s difficult to have any sense of hope.

    Comment by DuPage Dave Tuesday, Dec 1, 20 @ 12:53 pm

  2. Govenor,

    Please enforce the mask use. I just found out that your director of labor has the ability himself to make a rule for all public sector employees to mandate mask use at all times. So why hasn’t this happened yet.

    EMPLOYMENT
    (820 ILCS 219/) Occupational Safety and Health Act.
    (d) The Director, in promulgating standards dealing with toxic materials or harmful physical agents under this Section, shall set the standard which most adequately ensures, to the extent feasible, on the basis of the best available evidence, that no employee will suffer material impairment of health or functional capacity even if the employee has regular exposure to the hazard dealt with by the standard for the period of the employee’s working life.

    Will a reporter please question this to him? I’m getting sick of people not doing their jobs and I would argue the director of that agency needs to do this immediately.

    Comment by The Dude Tuesday, Dec 1, 20 @ 12:55 pm

  3. I know Monday numbers are usually on the low side, but d**n, this is double yesterday’s total and either the Thanksgiving surge is yet to come or this is just the tip.

    Comment by lake county democrat Tuesday, Dec 1, 20 @ 1:01 pm

  4. Lake county - we are playing catch up with delayed reporting of last weeks tests due to the Thanksgiving holiday. I don’t think we are caught up yet. I expect Wednesday and Thursday numbers to be higher too. Then we will start getting the numbers that actually reflect people being exploded at Thanksgiving beginning Friday and continuing next week. Just my opinion.

    Comment by thoughts matter Tuesday, Dec 1, 20 @ 1:09 pm

  5. Fun stuff as the virus runs wild, Dan Caulkins is currently in a bicameral meeting arguing that businesses should get state money if they break public health law.

    Comment by Precinct Captain Tuesday, Dec 1, 20 @ 1:15 pm

  6. ==So why hasn’t this happened yet===

    We’ve had a mask mandate since May.

    Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Dec 1, 20 @ 1:35 pm

  7. This is a very sudden increase after a consistent dip over the last week or so, and it seems at least a little bit like the big bump we saw after Labor Day weekend tests were finally processed after people were off. Any chance of this being what’s going on at least for this particular massive bump?

    Seems like if the general incubation is 5-7 days, we’ll be seeing the results for people getting sick and tested by the end of this week.

    Comment by BilboSwaggins Tuesday, Dec 1, 20 @ 4:33 pm

  8. 20 of 125 are in Cook County. that is way out of proportion for the population. Mask up, Illinois.

    Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Dec 1, 20 @ 5:40 pm

  9. Rich

    We got cops all across the state refusing to mandate the order. Im saying he can mandate that they(the cops themselves) use them and enforce it.

    Comment by The Dude Tuesday, Dec 1, 20 @ 6:47 pm

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