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COVID-19 cases are up 9.86% in St. Clair County, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data through Thursday. Test positivity decreased by 1.81%, while the number of tests ...
One metro-east county was at an elevated COVID-19 community level in the latest CDC update. CDC reports 19 Illinois counties at medium COVID-19 community levels. See latest map
The preliminary seven-day statewide case rate is 240 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Illinoisans. IDPH is reporting a total of 3,169,315 cases, including 33,660 deaths, in 102 counties since the ...
Henderson and Wayne counties both reported their first cases of the coronavirus which brought the counties with confirmed cases to 92 of the 102 counties within the State of Illinois. [ 91 ] On April 18, officials announced Hamilton County 's first case.
Flattening the curve is a public health strategy to slow down the spread of an epidemic, used against the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The curve being flattened is the epidemic curve, a visual representation of the number of infected people needing health care over time.
By March 26, 2020, the United States, with the world's third-largest population, surpassed China and Italy as the country with the world's highest number of confirmed cases. [86] By April 25, the U.S. had more than 905,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and nearly 52,000 deaths, giving it a mortality rate around 5.7 percent.
Here’s what to know about the spread of COVID-19 across Illinois as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rates 31 counties at medium community levels.
Here’s what to know about the increase in medium and high COVID-19 community level counties in Illinois, plus the latest on new cases.