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Illinois announces 11,891 new COVID-19 cases, 127 additional deaths Saturday

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 11,891 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 127 additional deaths Saturday, the fourth straight day with more than 100 deaths reported.

The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate remained flat at 11.5%. The state received the results of 120,284 COVID-19 tests, a state record, in the 24 hours leading up to Saturday afternoon.

Illinois has seen 646,286 cases of the virus, and 11,430 people have died. The state has conducted 9,708,982 tests since the start of the pandemic.

As of late Friday, Illinois had 6,175 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, setting another state record. Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Illinois have increased each day for 27 consecutive days.

Of those hospitalizations, 1,173 were in intensive care units, and 595 were on ventilators.

Regional update: Currently, all 11 of the state’s health regions are under additional mitigation measures from the IDPH, and as of Friday, all 11 regions are under Tier 3 mitigations.

Regional data from the IDPH remains on a three-day lag.

The North Suburban region (McHenry and Lake counties) has seen five days of positivity increases and five days of hospital admission increases, a decrease in both metrics. The region’s positivity rate remaned flat at 15.4%. Currently, 20% of medical/surgical beds are available and 31% of ICU beds.

Within this region, McHenry County’s seven-day positivity rate average decreased to 18.9%. Lake County, which does about two-thirds of the testing in the region, is reporting a rolling average of 14.2%.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen six days of positivity increases and four days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased from 14.6% to 14.8%. Currently, 17% of medical/surgical beds are available and 23% of ICU beds. Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity average is at 17.1%, and DuPage County is at 13.5%.

The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen six days of positivity increases and six days of hospital admission increases, a decrease in both metrics. The region’s positivity rate decreased from 20.6% to 20.1%

Currently, 12% of the region’s medical/surgical beds are available and 15% of ICU beds, below the state’s minimum threshold of 20%.

The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) has seen four days of positivity increases and six days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate decreased from 19% to 18.2%. Currently, 28% of medical/surgical beds are available and 25% of ICU beds.

Within this region, DeKalb County’s positivity rate decreased to 14.3%, Lee County’s rate increased to 16.8%, and Whiteside County’s rate dropped to 21.6%.

The North-Central region (Bureau, Fulton, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Kendall, Knox, La Salle, Livingston, Marshall, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Tazewell, Warren and Woodford counties) has seen five days of positivity increases and eight days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate decreased from 16.6% to 16.1%. Currently, 29% of medical/surgical beds are available and 26% of ICU beds.

Within this region, La Salle county’s seven-day positivity rate increased to 19.6%.

Chicago has seen five days of positivity increases and five days of hospital admission increases, a decrease in both metrics. The region’s positivity rate decreased slightly to 14.9%. Currently, 21% of medical/surgical beds are available and 23% of ICU beds.

Suburban Cook County has seen seven days of positivity increases and eight days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased slightly to 15.6%. Currently, 21% of medical/surgical beds are available and 20% of ICU beds.

To see how other regions across the state are doing, see the full IDPH dashboard here.

Newly reported deaths include:

• Adams County: 1 male 50s, 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s

• Bureau County: 1 female 80s

• Carroll County: 1 male 90s

• Cass County: 1 female 90s

• Champaign County: 1 male 70s, 1 male 80s

• Cook County: 1 male 30s, 2 males 40s, 2 females 50s, 2 males 50s, 3 females 60s, 7 males 60s, 6 females 70s, 10 males 70s, 5 females 80s, 7 males 80s, 2 females 90s, 3 males 90s

• DuPage County: 1 male 40s, 1 male 60s, 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s

• Effingham County: 1 male 90s

• Franklin County: 1 female 50s, 2 males 80s

• Fulton County: 1 female 50s

• JoDaviess County: 1 male 80s

• Johnson County: 1 male 40s

• Kane County: 1 female 50s, 1 female 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 80s, 1 female 90s, 1 male 90s

• Kankakee County: 1 male 40s

• Kendall County: 1 male 60s

• Knox County: 1 female 80s

• Lake County: 1 male 40s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s, 2 females 80s, 2 males 80s, 2 females 90s, 1 male 90s

• La Salle County: 1 male 80s, 1 male 90s

• Logan County: 1 female 80s

• Madison County: 2 females 80s, 1 female 90s

• Mason County: 1 male 80s

• McHenry County: 1 female 80s

• Peoria County: 1 female 80s

• Rock Island County: 1 female 60s

• Saline County: 2 males 90s

• Sangamon County: 1 male 50s, 1 male 70s

• Shelby County: 1 male 80s

• St. Clair County: 1 female 60s, 1 female 90s, 1 male 90s

• Stephenson County: 1 female 50s, 1 male 70s

• Tazewell County: 1 female 60s, 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s, 1 female 90s, 1 male 90s

• Vermilion County: 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s

• Warren County: 1 male 60s

• Wayne County: 1 male 60s

• Whiteside County: 1 female 50s, 1 male 90s

• Will County: 1 male 60s, 3 females 70s, 1 male 70s, 2 males 80s

Source: The Daily Chronicle

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