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Today’s #COVID19 numbers for Illinois:
- 3,714 new cases
- 59,077 new test results reported
- 6.29% positivity rate
- 350,875 total positive cases
- 97% have recovered
- 41 more deaths
- 9,277 total deaths
- 3,714 new cases
- 59,077 new test results reported
- 6.29% positivity rate
- 350,875 total positive cases
- 97% have recovered
- 41 more deaths
- 9,277 total deaths
59,077 new Covid-19 test results reported.
Of those, 3,714 were positive.
For this batch, that's a 6.29% positivity rate.
Of those, 3,714 were positive.
For this batch, that's a 6.29% positivity rate.
Regional positivity 7-day avg for IL's 11 regions as of Oct 17 (individual charts in next tweets)
Region 1- 11.8%
Region 2- 6.9%
Region 3- 7.5%
Region 4- 7.4%
Region 5- 8.7%
Region 6- 7.6%
Region 7- 8.6%
Region 8- 9.0%
Region 9- 7.5%
Region 10- 7.1%
Region 11- 6.7%
Region 1- 11.8%
Region 2- 6.9%
Region 3- 7.5%
Region 4- 7.4%
Region 5- 8.7%
Region 6- 7.6%
Region 7- 8.6%
Region 8- 9.0%
Region 9- 7.5%
Region 10- 7.1%
Region 11- 6.7%
Region 1- 11.8% NW Illinois has been under mitigations since Oct 3. This current positivity rate is higher than Region 4 (Metro East) ever got when it was under mitigations for >7 weeks in Aug/Sept. Yikes.
Region 2- 6.9%
Region 3- 7.5%
Region 4- 7.4%
NW Illinois has been under mitigations since Oct 3. This current positivity rate is higher than Region 4 (Metro East) ever got when it was under mitigations for >7 weeks in Aug/Sept. Yikes.Region 2- 6.9%
Region 3- 7.5%
Region 4- 7.4%
Region 5- 8.7% Southern IL begins mitigations Thursday.
Region 6- 7.6%
Region 7- 8.6% Will/Kankakee counties will go under mitigations for a second time on Friday.
Region 8- 9.0% DuPage/Kane counties will also go under mitigations on Friday.
Southern IL begins mitigations Thursday.Region 6- 7.6%
Region 7- 8.6%
Will/Kankakee counties will go under mitigations for a second time on Friday.Region 8- 9.0%
DuPage/Kane counties will also go under mitigations on Friday.
Region 9- 7.5%
Region 10- 7.1%
Region 11- 6.7% City of Chicago continues to have the lowest positivity rate.
Region 10- 7.1%
Region 11- 6.7% City of Chicago continues to have the lowest positivity rate.
A reminder of what those mitigations are (it's a little more than shutting down indoor bar and restaurant service) and how a region gets there:
Statewide hospitalization stats (as always, updated at 11:59 p.m. the night before):
There are currently 2,261 Illinoisans hospitalized with Covid-19.
Of those, 489 are in ICU beds.
195 are on ventilators.
-Hospitalizations are a lagging indicator of infection-
There are currently 2,261 Illinoisans hospitalized with Covid-19.
Of those, 489 are in ICU beds.
195 are on ventilators.
-Hospitalizations are a lagging indicator of infection-
41 more Illinoisans have died after a Covid-19 diagnosis.
