Friday, July 24, 2020
Public Health Officials Announce 1,532 New Confirmed Cases of
Coronavirus Disease
State hits more than 44,000 tests in one
day
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[July 26, 2020]
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
today announced 1,532 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) in Illinois, including 19 additional confirmed deaths.
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- Cook County: 1 female 60s, 3 females 70s, 1 male
70s, 4 females 80s, 4 females 90s
- DuPage County: 3 females 90s, 1 female 100+
- Winnebago County: 1 female 60s, 1 female 90s
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 168,457 cases, including
7,385 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 44,330 specimens for a total of
2,432,523. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases
as a percent of total test from July 17 –July 23 is 3.4%. As of last
night, 1,471 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital
with COVID-19. Of those, 325 patients were in the ICU and 115
patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, IDPH is now reporting both confirmed and probable cases
and deaths on its website.
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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. 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.
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