ILLINOIS updates COVID-19 statistics

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Seven months into the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s beginning to feel a lot like March again in the Land of Lincoln.

The state’s top doctor fought back tears Friday while making her most impassioned plea yet for residents to follow basic health guidelines as Illinois’ autumn coronavirus resurgence means many front-line health care workers “are seeing history repeat itself.”

“Excuse me, please,’ Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said, turning her back and pausing for nearly 40 seconds during the daily briefing, as Gov. J.B. Pritker and others offered her tissues.

she outlined the latest 3,874 cases of the disease confirmed statewide. The seventh highest caseload of the entire pandemic capped a week of record-breaking infection numbers that sent testing positivity rates shooting up statewide.

Officials also announced 31 more deaths have been attributed to the virus

The pandemic death toll has risen to 9,418 since March, and it’s poised to balloon at an increasingly troubling rate as Illinois hospitals treat the most coronavirus patients they’ve seen since early June. Nearly 2,500 hospital beds were occupied by coronavirus patients as of Thursday night, with 511 in intensive care units and 197 using ventilators.

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Illinois public health officials announced 4,729 new cases of COVID-19, along with 17 additional deaths Monday.

As of Sunday night, 2,638 people were hospitalized in Illinois with COVID-19, with 589 in the ICU and 238 on ventilators.

"Cases, positivity, hospitalizations are all rising across the state of Illinois and we have got to reverse the trend," Gov. Pritzker said.

"If what we're seeing today does not reverse, we are on a path to see more than 11,000 deaths in Illinois this year," said Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director, Illinois Department of Public Health.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Illinois now stands at 378,985, with 9,522 deaths, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported.

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Illinois Dept. of Public Health released new recreational sports guidelines Tuesday as officials announced 4,000 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday and 46 additional deaths across the state.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Illinois now stands at 382,985, with 9,568 deaths, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported.

"The resurgence of COVID-19 infections and deaths across Illinois has begun," said Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Dept. of Public Health. "If I haven't made it clear, we are in that second wave that we have been alluding to for months."

As of Monday night, 2,758 people were hospitalized in Illinois with COVID-19, with 595 in the ICU and 241 on ventilators.

The state has seen a 49% increase on the number of COVID-19 patients on ventilators since the beginning of October.

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This week, the state has seen an average of 4,747 cases per day, double the cases in the state from three weeks ago. On Wednesday, Illinois reported 6,110 cases and 51 deaths, the second-highest number of cases ever reported in a single day, Chicago's ABC affiliate reported.

Public health administrator Sandra Martell has been threatened with lawsuits from bar owners who want to continue to offer indoor service in violation of the governor's orders, reports NPR member station WITF's Christine Herman on Morning Edition.

Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike told Morning Edition host David Greene that her office would prefer "to focus our energy on educating the public and getting the right data to them, but instead, we're now dividing our efforts on two fronts, trying to combat people who are actively working against what will keep our community safe.

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Earlier on Wednesday, Illinois health officials also announced 6,110 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide, the second-highest daily cases count since the pandemic began after a count of 6,161 last Saturday. In all, there have been 389,095 known cases in Illinois. With 51 additional fatalities also reported, the statewide death toll stands at 9,619.

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Illinois health officials Saturday reported 7,899 new known COVID-19 cases, eclipsing a singe-day record set on Friday, statistics that surpassed Thursday’s numbers pushing the total number of confirmed infections since the pandemic began to 410,300.

Along with the record number of new cases, state health officials announced 46 more fatalities on Saturday bringing the statewide death toll to 9,757 since the pandemic began.

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The news comes as state health officials on Sunday announced 6,980 new cases and an additional 35 coronavirus-related deaths.

Pritzker, who hinted last week the peak of this outbreak is still nowhere in sight, said the mitigation measures are being put in place to help limit the spread of the virus.

“As cases, hospitalizations and deaths are rising across our state, across the Midwest and across the nation, we have to act responsibly and collectively to protect the people we love,” Pritzker said in a statement.

This comes as state health officials announced 6,980 new cases and an additional 35 coronavirus-related deaths, making Sunday the fifth consecutive day Illinois’ daily caseload has topped 6,000 — a number that far exceeds anything seen in the state’s previous COVID-19 peak in May.

The new infections, which account for nearly 8.9% of the 78,458 tests that have been processed statewide in the last day, raised the seven-day average positivity rate from 7.5% Saturday to 8% Sunday — up from 3.5% at the start of last month.

Illinois hospitals are treating the most coronavirus patients they’ve seen since the end of May. As of Saturday night, 3,294 people were hospitalized in Illinois with COVID-19, with 692 of those patients in intensive care units and 284 on ventilators, officials said.

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Illinois officials announced 6,222 new COVID-19 cases and 20 deaths Monday.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Illinois now stands at 423,502, with 9,810 deaths, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported.

As of Sunday night, 3,371 were hospitalized with COVID-19, with 722 in the ICU and 298 patients on ventilators.

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Illinois health authorities reported 6,516 confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, marking the fourth-highest total reported on a single day in the state since the start of the pandemic.

The Illinois Department of Public Health also reported that 68 more people have died, bringing the statewide toll to 9,878.

The state has reported a total of 430,018 COVID-19 cases since March.

Pritzker, a Democrat, said further spread of the virus will put too much pressure on Illinois hospitals and could mean healthcare providers don't have space to treat patients who need help.

"That is why people all across the state need to stand up and make sure that they're doing everything they can locally ... to enforce the rules here so that we don’t end up with a terrible nightmare of a healthcare situation and people dying because they can’t even get treated in their local hospital," Pritzker said.

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Illinois public health officials Wednesday reported 7,538 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19. There were also 55 additional deaths reported.

The statewide positivity rate for cases as a percent of total test for the past 7 days is 8.5%. There were 71,857 tests reported in the prior 24 hours. The state has now reported 437,556 cases since the pandemic began, and 9,933 fatalities.

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Illinois officials announced a record 9,935 new COVID-19 cases and 97 additional deaths Thursday.

The death toll in Illinois has now crossed 10,000, with a total of 10,030 deaths, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. The total number of cases has now reached 447,491 total cases.

The number of new cases reported Thursday is the highest reported in a single day, breaking the previous record of 7,899 set on October 31. The number of deaths reported Thursday is also the highest in a single day since June 4.

As of Wednesday night, 3,891 were hospitalized with COVID-19, with 772 in the ICU and 343 patients on ventilators.

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Illinois officials announced a record 10,376 new COVID-19 cases and 49 additional deaths Friday.

The death toll in Illinois has now crossed 10,000, with a total of 10,079 deaths, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. The total number of cases has now reached 465,540 total cases.

The number of new cases reported Friday is the highest reported in a single day, breaking the previous record of 9,935 set the day before.

Friday, IDPH announced they will now report both confirmed cases and probable cases. As a part of this, they released all current probable cases, including those from previous days. 10,376 is number of new cases for today. An additional 7,376 are probable cases from previous days, for an announced total of 18,049.

As of Thursday night, 4,090 were hospitalized with COVID-19, with 786 in the ICU and 339 patients on ventilators.

Across the state, hospital admissions have increased dramatically. In fact, every region in the Chicago area has seen hospital admissions double or more than triple in the past 30 days.

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Illinois continues setting records for coronavirus cases and experiencing surges in deaths. State health officials Saturday reported more than 12,000 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases in a single day. There also were 76 more deaths reported Saturday, bringing the confirmed statewide death toll to 10,154.

On Friday, officials said there were 10,376 new cases confirmed through testing, in addition to 7,673 probable cases of COVID-19 from since the beginning of the pandemic.

Illinois health officials on Saturday announced 12,438 new new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 — a new record daily high — and 76 additional fatalities, bringing the total number of known infections in Illinois to 477,978 and the statewide death toll to 10,154 since the start of the pandemic.

Officials also reported 98,418 new tests in the last 24 hours. The seven-day statewide positivity rate is 10.3%, a jump from Friday’s rate of 9.6%.

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Illinois public health officials reported 10,009 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 42 additional fatalities, bringing the total number of known infections in Illinois to 487,987 and the statewide death toll to 10,196 since the start of the pandemic.

More than 4,000 people are reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 833 patients were in the ICU and 368 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators, according to public health officials.

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The governor’s announcement comes as state health officials Monday reported more than 10,000 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day, with 10,573. There also were 14 more deaths reported Monday, bringing the confirmed statewide death toll to 10,210. The seven-day statewide positivity rate increased to 11.4%. A day earlier, the rate was 10.6%.

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In addition to 12,623 newly confirmed and probable cases, state public health officials also reported an additional 79 deaths Tuesday, raising the statewide death toll to 10,289. The state has now logged 511,183 known coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

As of Tuesday, the seven-day average number of deaths of people with COVID-19 was 59, up from 41 on Nov. 1 and 29 on Oct. 10.

Hospitalizations continue to climb, and state officials have warned there could be impending bed shortages in some regions of the state. As of Monday night, 4,742 people in the state were hospitalized with COVID-19. Of those patients, 911 were in intensive care units and 399 were on ventilators.

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Illinois public health officials on Wednesday reported 145 deaths related to the coronavirus, the most in a single day since late May and the first time the daily death toll has reached triple digits since early June.

The state also reported 12,657 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, topping the record of 12,623 set a day earlier. There have now been 523,840 cases and 10,434 coronavirus-related in Illinois since the pandemic began.

As of Wednesday, the state is averaging 72 deaths a day from COVID-19 over the past week. A week earlier, the seven-day average was 45 daily deaths. At the beginning of October, the average was 23 deaths a day.

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 also have reached an all-time high, with 5,042 patients reportedly in the hospital as of Tuesday night.

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The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 536,542 with a total of 10,477 deaths.

As of Wednesday night, 5,258 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19, with 956 in the ICU and 438 patients on ventilators.

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Illinois could be on the verge of having to shut down again as state public health officials reported 15,415 new COVID-19 confirmed and probable cases, a one-day record, and 27 deaths Friday.

The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 551,957, with a total of 10,504 deaths.

As of Thursday night, 5,362 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19, with 990 in the ICU and 488 patients on ventilators.

Illinois has the highest number of COVID-related hospitalizations during the pandemic, and beds are filling up. Suburban Cook, Kane and DuPage counties now have 19% of their non-ICU beds available, below the critical 20% threshold, which is seen as a red light.

In Will and Kankakee counties, just 12% of ICU beds are open.

"We are seeing capacity decrease everywhere," said IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike. "100%, 200%, 300% increases depending on where you are, so everybody's capacity is being threatened."

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Gov. JB Pritzker warned that Illinois could be on the verge of having to shut down again as state public health officials reported 11,028 new COVID-19 confirmed and probable cases, and 166 deaths Saturday.

The average of hospitalizations for the last seven days is 4,933. That's the highest on record - the previous highest having been 4,817 on May 3rd.

Governor JB Pritzker said Saturday that the surge is leading to a shortage of ICU beds statewide.

Doctor Kalisha Hill, the chief medical officer at Amita Health St. Mary's, said they are preparing to expand their COVID-19 units.

According to new data just released by the Illinois Department of Public Health, in the past week, there has been an average of nearly 5,000 COVID-19 patients in hospital beds across the state. The highest average on record.

In Region 7, which includes Will and Kankakee counties, there are only 23 ICU beds available.

The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 562,985, with a total of 10,670 deaths.

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Illinois public health officials Sunday reported 10,631 new and probable COVID-19 cases, as well as 72 additional fatalities.

The total number of known infections statewide is 573,616. The total number of fatalities since the pandemic began now stands at 10,742, officials said.

There were 84,831 tests reported Sunday. The seven-day statewide test positivity rate is 14.8%.

The state had set a record on Friday with 15,415 new and probable cases.

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State health officials on Monday reported 11,632 new cases of the coronavirus and 37 more deaths from COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the virus.

Altogether, more than half a million Illinoisans have now caught the virus, more than 10,000 have died, and hospitalizations have rocketed to all-time highs.

The statewide totals stand at 585,248 infections, 10,779 confirmed deaths and 387 probable deaths. Hospitalizations jumped another 4 percent from Friday. As of Sunday night, 5,581 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 across Illinois, including 1,144 in intensive care and 514 on ventilators.

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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced new COVID-19 restrictions as public health officials reported 12,601 new COVID-19 confirmed and probable cases, and 97 deaths Monday.

The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 597,849, with a total of 10,875 deaths.

The new Tier 3 restrictions close gaming and casinos, theaters, banquet halls and event spaces, cultural institutions like museums, prohibit indoor fitness classes and group sporting activities, and call on all workplaces to have as many employees work from home as possible.

Bars and restaurants remain limited to outdoor service, pickup and delivery only. Grocery stores can only operate at 50% capacity, gyms can only be open at 25% capacity with reservations, hotels are limited to registered guests, salons and other personal care services can only operate at 25% capacity, pharmacies at 50% capacity, non-essential retail at 25% capacity, and 10 person gathering limits are in place for outdoor sports and recreation.

People are strongly encouraged not to gather with people outside their households and to skip traditional Thanksgiving celebrations and not celebrate with anyone other than those inside their current household.

As of Monday night, 5,887 people in Illinois were reported to be hospitalized with COVID-19. Of those, 1,158 patients were in the ICU with COVID-19 and 545 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

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Illinois’ COVID-19 death toll topped 11,000 on Wednesday, already meeting a projection the state’s top public health official recently gave for the entire year.

Officials reported 140 additional deaths of people with COVID-19, raising the state-reported death toll to 11,014 over the course of the pandemic.

Officials also reported 8,922 newly diagnosed and probable coronavirus cases, the first time the daily statewide case tally has dipped below 10,000 since Nov. 5. That sent the statewide known and probable case count past 600,000, with 606,771 cases reported throughout the course of the pandemic.

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Illinois public health officials reported 14,612 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 along with 168 deaths Thursday.

The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 621,383, with a total of 11,178 deaths. The number of deaths reported Thursday is the most since 191 deaths were announced on May 13.

The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from Nov. 12-18, is 14%.

As of Wednesday night, 6,037 people in Illinois were reported to be hospitalized with COVID-19. Of those, 1,192 patients were in the ICU with COVID-19 and 587 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

The state surpassed 6,000 people in Illinois hospitals on Thursday, a new record and nearly double the number at the start of the month. And another sobering figure: 168 new deaths.

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