Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Public Health Officials Announce 1,187 New Confirmed Cases of
Coronavirus Disease
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[August 03, 2020]
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today
announced 1,187 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) in Illinois, including 8 additional confirmed deaths.
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- Cook County – 1 male 40s, 1 male 60s, 1 male
70s, 1 female 90s
- DuPage County – 1 male 80s
- Kane County – 1 female 80s
- Will County – 1 male 50s, 1 female 70s
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 156,693 cases, including
7,226 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 38,161 specimens for a total of
2,079,601. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases
as a percent of total test from July 8–July 14 is 3.1%. As of last
night, 1,454 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital
with COVID-19. Of those, 324 patients were in the ICU and 130
patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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Following guidance from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, IDPH is now reporting both confirmed and
probable cases and deaths on its website. Reporting probable cases
will help show the potential burden of COVID-19 illness and efficacy
of population-based non-pharmaceutical interventions. IDPH will
update these data once a week.
*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.
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