Public Health Officials Announce
14,049 New Cases of Coronavirus Last Week
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[April 18, 2022]
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
today reported 14,049 new confirmed and probable cases of
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 45 deaths
since April 8, 2022.
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Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 3,094,485
cases, including 33,510 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois since
the beginning of the pandemic. The age of cases ranges from younger
than one to older than 100 years.
As of last night, 464 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in
the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 70 patients were in the ICU
and 32 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators. The preliminary
seven-day statewide case rate is 110 COVID-19 cases per 100,000
Illinoisans.
A total of 21,648,058 vaccines have been administered in Illinois.
The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is
19,799 doses. Since April 8, 2022, 138,595 doses were reported
administered in Illinois. Of Illinois’ total population, more than
76% has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, more than 68%
of Illinois’ total population is fully vaccinated, and more than 50%
is boosted according to data from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. Data indicates that the risk of hospitalization and
severe outcomes from COVID-19 is much higher for unvaccinated people
than for those who are up to date on their vaccinations.
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On April 12, IDPH announced it is using new federal
guidelines for tracking COVID-19 at the community level. The new CDC
guidelines emphasize the case rate and hospitalizations in order to
better track the impact of COVID-19 in communities. In addition, as
a result of HHS announcing that testing providers are no longer
required to report some negative test results, IDPH will no longer
know how many tests are being done and will therefore no longer
report test and case positivity.
All data are provisional and are subject to change. Additional
information and COVID-19 data can be found at https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19.html.
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