Illinois Has 1,773 New COVID-19 Cases, 12 More Deaths
On Sunday, Illinois had 1,562 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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On Sunday, Illinois had 1,562 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
With COVID-19 cases on the rise, the State of Illinois announced new mitigation efforts Sunday for the Metro East region downstate.
Illinois public health officials Sunday announced 1,562 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 18 additional confirmed deaths.
Riverside Brookfield High School on Friday reversed course on its courses, deciding to switch to an all e-learning model to start the school year instead of a planned hybrid approach.
According to the IDPH, Illinois has recorded 196,948 cases, including 7,657 deaths.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was joined by public health experts on Sunday as he emphasized the need to maintain rules about wearing masks and social distancing to fight the pandemic – without politics getting into it.
IDPH also reported the state's second-highest daily testing total on Saturday, with Illinois laboratories reporting 48,016 tests in the past 24 hours.
The state's daily case counts have been rising steadily since late June, though not as quickly as the original surge of cases in April and May.
The seven-day statewide positive test rate for the past week is up to 4.0%, compared to 3.4% two weeks ago, and 2.5% in early July.
Illinois has now seen 15 days in a row with more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases.
The Illinois Department of Public Health said Illinois has confirmed a total of 184,712 coronavirus cases and 7,545 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Illinois is beginning the month of August with the same trend of new COVID-19 cases as it saw at the end of July, with another day of new cases in the four figures.
Illinois public health officials Sunday announced 1,467 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including an additional 14 confirmed deaths due to the novel coronavirus.
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Saturday announced 1,639 new COVID-19 cases and eight new deaths.
Friday's new COVID-19 case total was the highest daily count in more than two months in Illinois, but the state also set a new record for statewide testing.
Illinois has now reported more than 1,000 daily cases of the virus 17 times in July, compared to only twice in all of June.
People are still getting on planes during the coronavirus pandemic. And this will to travel worries a person in charge of keeping passengers safe.
Illinois has now reported more than 1,000 daily cases of the virus 15 times in July, compared to only twice in all of June.
Illinois has now reported more than 1,000 daily cases of the virus 14 times in July, compared to only twice in June.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,426 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, including 12 additional deaths.
Illinois has conducted 44,330 COVID-19 tests in the past day, the second highest total number of daily tests so far, for a positive test rate of 3.5% on Friday.
The actions taken in Bond, Clay, Clinton, Edgar, Richland and Sangamon counties seek court orders declaring there is no public health emergency as defined by Pritzker's Public Health Department. Springfield, the state capital, is in Sangamon County.
The 1,624 new virus cases is the largest daily total of COVID-19 cases since IDPH reported 1,713 cases on May 25.
A COVID-19 test forced one woman into quarantine for weeks, and she lost her job. But then she learned she never had the virus. The test was wrong.
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced 955 new COVID-19 cases and 23 additional deaths.
