IDPH: Illinois back to 0 counties at “high” COVID-19 risk; 31 at “medium” risk

The Illinois Division of Public Well being introduced 31 counties are on the “medium” danger stage for COVID-19, down from 33 per week in the past, and 0 counties are on the “excessive” danger stage, down from 5 per week in the past.

In counties on the Medium Group Degree, individuals who’re aged or immunocompromised (liable to extreme outcomes) are suggested to put on a masks in indoor public locations. In addition they ought to stand up to this point on COVID-19 vaccines or get their bivalent booster, if eligible.

The IDPH introduced 2,465 new confirmed and possible circumstances of COVID-19 and 16 extra deaths for Thursday.

As of late Thursday, Illinois had 1,081 COVID-19 sufferers within the hospital. Of these, 136 had been in intensive care items, and 48 had been on ventilators.

For Thursday, the state administered 27,615 vaccines.

IDPH additionally introduced it is going to be distributing 1 million over-the-counter COVID-19 speedy antigen checks to residents in economically deprived zip codes exterior Chicago by way of a partnership with the Rockefeller Basis’s public charity, RF Catalytic Capital and its Mission ACT (Entry COVID Assessments) program.

“COVID-19 checks stay a crucial device that may assist restrict the unfold of the virus,” IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra mentioned in a information launch. “A optimistic check early in the middle of your sickness lets you shield your self by offering a possibility to hunt therapy earlier, possible lowering extreme illness.  A optimistic check additionally lets you shield your family members and neighborhood by understanding when to remain dwelling and never unfold the illness to others.  We’re grateful to the Rockefeller Basis for partnering with us to make it potential for 1000’s of households in Illinois to have free entry to at-home checks.”

Case fee per 100,000: 15.9 (down 1.2 from Thursday)

Proportion of ICU beds out there: 17%

COVID-19-diagnosed hospital admissions (seven-day rolling common): 102 (down 2 from Thursday)

Weekly deaths reported: 54 (down 13 from final Friday’s replace)

Illinois has seen 3,823,905 complete circumstances of the virus, and 35,289 folks have died.

County-by-county replace: As of mid-April, the IDPH will present a county-by-county replace specializing in the case fee per 100,000 folks, the proportion of ICU beds out there, a rolling seven-day common of COVID-19-diagnosed hospital admissions and weekly deaths.

The definition of a COVID-19-diagnosed hospital admission is as follows: the seven-day common of day by day variety of hospital admissions given a prognosis of COVID-19 as measured utilizing the Illinois Syndromic Surveillance System.

Illinois collects all emergency division and inpatient visits by way of syndromic surveillance from all acute care hospitals in Illinois in near-real time. Information is introduced with a three-day lag to permit time for prognosis to be reported.

Vaccine replace: As of Friday, the IDPH reported a complete of 30,270,770 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed statewide, with 24,856,184 vaccines administered.

As of Friday, 8,394,110 Illinoisans have been absolutely vaccinated, or 65.88% of the inhabitants. Illinois has a inhabitants of 12,741,080 folks.

CDC numbers:

Amongst Illinois residents 5 and older:

Totally Vaccinated: 8,907,272 (74.7%)

At Least 1 Dose: 9,854,326 (82.6%)

Amongst Illinois residents 12 and older:

Totally Vaccinated: 8,463,510 (78.1%)

At Least 1 Dose: 9,353,236 (86.3%)

Amongst Illinois residents 18 and older:

Totally Vaccinated: 7,809,884 (79.3%)

At Least 1 Dose: 8,637,409 (87.7%)

Amongst Illinois residents 65 and older:

Totally Vaccinated: 1,855,616 (90.8%)

At Least 1 Dose: 2,006,380 (95%)

There could be as a lot as a 72-hour delay in reporting from well being care suppliers on vaccines administered.

In northern Illinois, right here is the proportion of the inhabitants absolutely vaccinated by county:

Chicago: 69.42%

Suburban Prepare dinner: 73.54%

Lake: 71.32%

McHenry: 66.55%

DuPage: 76.25%

Kane: 67.07%

Will: 67.38%

Kendall: 70.37%

La Salle: 58.85%

Grundy: 58.24%

DeKalb: 56.93%

Ogle: 57.36%

Lee: 59.28%

Whiteside: 52.18%

Bureau: 57.19%