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			Friday, September 18, 2020 
			Public Health Officials Announce 
			2,120 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease 
			 
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            [September 19, 2020]  
             The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) 
			today reported 2,120 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 
			(COVID-19) in Illinois, including 20 additional confirmed deaths. 
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			  Cook County: 1 male 50s, 1 male 60s, 2 females 
			70s, 1 male 80s 
			 
			 DeKalb County: 1 infant 
			 
			 DuPage County: 1 male 40s 
			 
			 Edgar County: 1 male 60s, 1 female 70s 
			 
			 Franklin County: 1 male 50s 
			 
			 Lake County: 1 male 80s 
			 
			 McHenry County: 1 male 60s 
			 
			 St. Clair County: 1 male 70s, 1 male 80s 
			 
			 Tazewell County: 1 female 30s, 1 female 80s 
			
			  
			 Will County: 1 male 70s 
			 
			 Williamson County: 1 female 80s, 2 females 90s 
			 
			Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 270,327 cases, including 
			8,411 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 11  September 17 is 3.6%. Within the past 24 hours, 
			laboratories have reported 61,918 specimens for a total of 
			4,982,856. As of last night, 1,481 people in Illinois were reported 
			to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 329 patients were in 
			the ICU and 149 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. Information for a death 
			previously reported has changed, therefore, todays 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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