COVID Update: IL reports 5,820 new cases, 9 deaths; risk level lowered in some Chicago area counties

The CDC lowered DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, Grundy and LaSalle counties again to “medium” threat of transmission. All of the others within the Chicago space stay “excessive,” apart from Kankakee County, which is “low.”

Final week, practically all Illinois counties within the Chicago space had been at excessive threat.

There have been not less than 3,318,982 complete COVID instances within the state for the reason that begin of the pandemic and, not less than 33,853 associated deaths.

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As of Thursday evening, 1,227 sufferers in Illinois had been reported to be within the hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 114 sufferers had been within the ICU, and 35 sufferers with COVID-19 had been on ventilators. IDPH reviews 19% of ICU beds can be found.

IDPH officers reported a seven-day case common of 36.6 per 100,000 individuals.

A complete of twenty-two,402,533 vaccine doses have been administered in Illinois as of Thursday, and 64.98% of the state’s inhabitants is absolutely vaccinated. The seven-day rolling common of vaccines administered every day is 12,375.

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