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Public Health Officials Announce 883 New Confirmed Cases of
Coronavirus Disease
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[September 16, 2020]
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
today announced 883 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) in Illinois, including 6 additional confirmed deaths.
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- Cook County: 1 female 50s, 1 female 60s, 1 male
70s, 1 female 90s
- DuPage County: 1 male 80s
- Montgomery County: 1 male 90s
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 154,799 cases, including
7,193 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 30,012 specimens for a total of
2,012,994. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases
as a percent of total test from July 6 –July 12 is 3.0%. As of last
night, 1,362 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital
with COVID-19. Of those, 334 patients were in the ICU and 136
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. For health questions about
COVID-19, call the hotline at 1-800-889-3931 or email dph.sick@illinois.gov.
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