Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Public Health Officials Announce
1,740 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease
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[September 15, 2020]
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
today announced 1,740 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) in Illinois, including 27 additional confirmed deaths.
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- Cook County: 1 female 40s, 1 male 40s, 1 male
50s, 1 female 60s, 1 male 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 80s, 1 unknown
80s, 2 males 90s
- DuPage County: 1 female 70s
- Jefferson County: 1 female 80s, 1 unknown 90s
- Kane County: 1 male 80s
- Kankakee County: 1 male 80s
- Lake County: 1 male 60s, 1 male 80s
- LaSalle County: 1 female 70s
- Madison County: 1 male 80s
- Morgan County: 1male 90s
- Perry County: 1 male 80s
- Rock Island County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s, 1 male 80s
- St. Clair County: 1 male 60s
- Will County: 1 female 90s, 1 male 100+
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 209,594 cases, including
7,782 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 34,175 specimens for a total of
3,439,272.
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The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for
cases as a percent of total test from August 11 – August 17 is 4.3%.
As of last night, 1,510 people in Illinois were reported to be in
the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 335 patients were in the ICU
and 128 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. 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 deaths
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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