Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Public Health Officials Announce 1,392 New Confirmed Cases of
Coronavirus Disease
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[September 15, 2020]
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
today announced 1,392 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) in Illinois, including seven additional confirmed deaths.
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• Clinton County: 1 male 40s, 1 male 80s
• Cook County: 1 male 30s
• Jackson County: 1 male 40s
• Montgomery County: 1 female 90s
• Williamson County: 1 male 70s, 1 female 90s
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 252,353 cases, including
8,186 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 1 – September 7 is 4.0%. Within the past 24
hours, laboratories have reported 31,363 specimens for a total of
4,478,710. As of last night, 1,504 people in Illinois were reported
to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 343 patients were in
the ICU and 133 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 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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