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Public Health Officials Announce 1,668 New Confirmed Cases of
Coronavirus Disease
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[September 15, 2020]
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
today announced 1,668 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) in Illinois, including 7 additional confirmed deaths.
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- Bureau County: 1 male 40s
- Cook County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s, 1 male 80s, 1 female 90s
- Lake County: 1 female 70s
- Perry County: 1 male 90s
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 235,023 cases, including
8,026 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 47,379 specimens for a total of
4,064,161. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases
as a percent of total test from August 24 – August 30 is 4.1%. As of
last night, 1,492 people in Illinois were reported to be in the
hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 347 patients were in the ICU and
157 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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