Nearly two thousand cases of covid-19 were reported Thursday in Illinois, the highest one day total since early May. The latest daily total is one-thousand-993 and six additional deaths. Governor J-B Pritzker says they are carefully watching the numbers and will impose mitigations if needed. In the meantime, he says more people need to get vaccinated.
The governor says 99 percent of covid patients in the hospital who have recently died were not vaccinated. As far as variants go, there have been over five times as many cases of the new gamma strain than the delta variant in Illinois.
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today 7/23/21, reported 7,983 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 47 additional deaths since reporting last Friday, July16, 2021. More than 73% of Illinois adults have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose and more than 58% of Illinois adults are fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1,407,929 cases, including 23,401 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. Since reporting on Friday, July 16, 2021, laboratories have reported 241,150 specimens for a total of 26,534,129. As of last night, 670 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 135 patients were in the ICU and 44 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from July 16-22, 2021 is 3.3%. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from July 16-22, 2021 is 3.5%.
A total of 13,056,857 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of last midnight. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 19,928 doses. Since reporting on Friday, July 16, 2021, 139,495 doses were reported administered in Illinois.
