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 • Bureau County: 1 female 80s
• Carroll County: 1 male 70s
• Champaign County: 1 female 80s
• Cook County: 1 male 60s, 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s, 1 female 100+
• DeKalb County: 1 male 90s
• DuPage County: 1 female 80s
• Effingham County: 1 female 70s
• Fayette County: 1 female 70s, 2 females 80
• Greene County: 2 females 70s
• Grundy County: 1 male 80s
• Jackson County: 1 female 60s
• Jersey County: 2 female 90s
• Lake County: 1 male 70s
• Lawrence County: 1 male 70s
• Macon County: 1 female 80s
• Madison County: 2 males 80s
• Peoria County: 1 male 80s
• St. Clair County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s
• Tazewell County: 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s
• Will County: 1 female 70s, 2 males 70s
• Williamson County: 1 female 60s, 1 female 70s
• Woodford County: 1 male 80s
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 293,274 cases, including
8,672 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges
from younger than one to older than 100 years. The preliminary
seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test
from September 23 – September 29 is 3.6%. Within the past 24 hours,
laboratories have reported 58,546 specimens for a total of
5,624,822. As of last night, 1,632 people in Illinois were reported
to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 378 patients were in
the ICU and 152 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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IDPH has been closely monitoring the Region 6
(Iroquois, Ford, Vermillion, Champaign, Piatt, DeWitt, Macon,
Moultrie, Douglass, Edgar, Shelby, Coles, Cumberland, Clark,
Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Crawford, Clay, Richland and Lawrence
counties) data. As has been noted, the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is performing repeated saliva testing for
staff and students. This is resulting in a tremendous number of
tests, which can average up to 20% of all tests done in the state
during some weeks. Because of this high volume, the positivity rate
for Region 6 could be overshadowed by what is happening at UIUC.
Therefore, in addition to providing data for Region 6, IDPH is now
presenting data for Region 6 without Champaign County. However,
Champaign County will still be required to implement mitigation
efforts if regional metrics are tripped in Region 6.
In doing this, IDPH has found that Region 6, with
Champaign County included, is seeing a 2.0% 7-day rolling test
positivity average. Without Champaign County, Region 6 is seeing a
7.2%, which puts the region at risk for needing to implement
additional mitigation measures, including no indoor bar service or
dinning at restaurants, and limiting the size of event gatherings.
IDPH is encouraging local leaders and communities in Region 6 to
begin taking action now to reduce the test positivity rate, which
includes making sure people are wearing masks in public, maintaining
social distance, and not gathering in large groups.
Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, IDPH is now reporting separately 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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