4/25 COVID-19 thread in Illinois begins here.

Vaccine doses administered on Saturday: 74,461

Bridge metrics: 78.23% of residents 65+ have received 1 dose.

52.36% of residents 16+ have received 1 dose.

New hospital admissions improving:

2,035 new confirmed + probable cases, 61,299 tests run.

3.31% positivity rate for this batch. (was 3.06% yesterday)

State's 7-day rolling avg. positivity rate stays flat at: 3.5%

2,032 COVID patients in the hospital

477 COVID patients in the ICU

247 COVID patients on ventilators

Variant update:

2,542 total cases ( +762 from Thursday)

1,705: B.1.1.7 (UK variant)
524: P.1 (Brazil)
285: B.1/427/429 (California)
28: B.1.351 (South Africa)

^^ Refusing to get a vaccine puts you at a greater risk for these.

The pandemic in full view for Illinois.

This is confirmed (and as of Nov. 6) + probable cases.

As of Jan. 15: the UK variant is confirmed to be in Illinois.

Feb. 11: the South African variant is here.

March 5: the Brazilian variant is here.

March 25: California variant

The pandemic in full view for Illinois.

These are daily tests run.

The pandemic in full view for Illinois.

These are deaths.

Vaccine data:

7-day rolling average for administration: 107,976 doses per day (-5,838)

# of people fully vaccinated: 3,769,787 (+48,040)

% of state population fully vaccinated: 29.59% (+0.38 percentage points).

Counties 15% or greater fully vaccinated: 101/102 (+0 from yesterday)

Counties 20% or greater fully vaccinated: 97/102 (+0 from yesterday)

Counties 30% or greater fully vaccinated: 25/102 (+1 from yesterday)

Highest:
Sangamon County: 35.55% fully vaccinated
Monroe County: 35.28%

Also, DuPage County (population 928K): 32.81%
Champaign County (population 209K): 32.41%
Peoria County (population 179K): 30.88%

Lowest:
Alexander County: 10.61%
Henderson County: 16.46%

Region 1 (DeKalb and west to Whiteside):

Positivity rate: 5.9% (-0.3)

15% of ICU beds available

13th straight day below 20% ICU capacity

6 days of hospitalization increases (-1)

Within Region 1:

7-day average of COVID-19 patients in the hospital: 125 (-1 from yesterday)

DeKalb County's positivity down to: 6.6%
Whiteside down to 4.7%
Lee flat at: 1.9%

Region 2 (Kendall, La Salle to Bureau):

Positivity rate: 5.8% (-0.2)

16% of ICU beds available

6 days of hospitalization increases (-1)

16 days in a row below 20% ICU capacity for Region 2.

Within Region 2:

7-day rolling average of 290 COVID-19 patients in the hospital (-1 from yesterday)

La Salle County's positivity flat at: 4.8%
Kendall down to: 7.6%
Bureau: down to: 4.3%

Region 3 (Springfield area):

Positivity rate: 2.9%

24% of ICU beds available

6 days of hospitalization increases

Up to 65 COVID patients in the hospital

Region 4 (St. Louis area):

Positivity rate: 3.0% (-0.1)

35% of ICU beds available

6 days of hospitalization decreases/stable

Down to 47 COVID patients in the hospital

Region 5 (southern):

Positivity rate: 1.7% (+0.1)

21% of ICU beds available.

5 days of hospitalization decreases/stable

Up to 22 COVID patients in the hospital

Region 6 (Champaign area):

Positivity rate: 3.0%

40% of ICU beds available

7 days of hospitalization increases

Down to 69 COVID patients in the hospital

Region 7 (Will/Kankakee):

Positivity rate: 5.4% (-0.1)

21% of ICU beds available

6 days of hospitalization increases (-1)

Down to 102 COVID patients in the hospital

Region 8 (Kane/DuPage):

Positivity rate: 5.7% (-0.2)

23% of ICU beds available

8 days of hospitalization increases (-1)

Down to 225 COVID patients in the hospital.

Region 9 (Lake/McHenry):

Positivity rate: 4.1% (-0.1)

30% of ICU beds available

6 days of hospitalization increases (+1)

Up to 88 COVID patients in the hospital.

Region 10 (suburban Cook):

Positivity rate: 4.9% (-0.2)

20% of ICU beds available

6 days of hospitalization increases (-1)

Down to 598 COVID patients in the hospital.

Region 11 (Chicago):

Positivity rate: 5.0% (-0.1)

20% of ICU beds available

10 days of hospitalization increases

Up to 517 COVID patients in the hospital

4/25 summary, Part I:

OK, the good first. Hospitalizations continue to gradually fall. New COVID-like illness cases showing up in the hospital continue to fall.

Either today or Monday we'll hit 30% fully vaccinated in Illinois.