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The Illinois Division of Public Well being introduced 4,149 new confirmed and possible instances of COVID-19 and 24 further deaths Thursday.
As of late Wednesday, Illinois had 1,416 COVID-19 sufferers within the hospital. Of these, 135 had been in intensive care models and 56 had been on ventilators.
For Wednesday, the state administered 11,186 vaccines.
From the IDPH’s information dashboard:
Case charge per 100,000: 34.1 (down 3.4 from Wednesday)
Share of ICU beds out there: 16%
COVID-19-diagnosed hospital admissions (seven-day rolling common): 138 (up two from Wednesday)
Weekly deaths reported: 48
Illinois has seen 3,588,158 whole instances of the virus, and 34,412 folks have died.
County-by-county replace: As of mid-April, the IDPH will present a county-by-county replace specializing in the case charge per 100,000 folks, the share 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 via syndromic surveillance from all acute care hospitals in Illinois in near-real time. Information is offered with a three-day lag to permit time for prognosis to be reported.
On the county stage, a go to is counted by the place the affected person resides. A affected person with a number of visits might be counted for every go to. Admissions might not be due to COVID-19 as the first trigger. Syndromic surveillance information is just not the identical supply utilized by the CDC to report COVID-19 hospital admissions information.
| County | Case Fee/100,000 | % out there ICU beds | COVID-19 identified hospital admissions (7-day rolling common) |
Weekly deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau | 32 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago | 30.2 | 13 | 27 | 12 |
| DeKalb | 34.4 | 9.9 | 1 | 0 |
| DuPage | 35.6 | 17 | 12 | 1 |
| Grundy | 29.7 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Kane | 33.5 | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| Kendall | 43.6 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| Lake | 36.7 | 17 | 7 | 3 |
| La Sale | 32.4 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee | 49.7 | 9.9 | 1 | 0 |
| McHenry | 28.6 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| Ogle | 37.3 | 9.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Suburban Prepare dinner |
32.2 | 14 | 30 | 9 |
| Whiteside | 40.8 | 9.9 | 1 | 0 |
| Will | 33.9 | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Vaccine replace: As of Thursday, the IDPH reported a complete of 28,849,075 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed statewide, with 23,041,731 vaccines administered.
As of Thursday, 8,328,411 Illinoisans have been totally vaccinated, or 65.37% of the inhabitants. Illinois has a inhabitants of 12,741,080 folks.
CDC numbers:
Amongst Illinois residents 5 and older:
Totally Vaccinated: 8,770,803 (73.6%)
At Least 1 Dose: 9,690,988 (81.3%)
Amongst Illinois residents 12 and older:
Totally Vaccinated: 8,344,607 (77%)
At Least 1 Dose: 9,209,070 (85%)
Amongst Illinois residents 18 and older:
Totally Vaccinated: 7,700,489 (78.1%)
At Least 1 Dose: 8,503,679 (86.3%)
Amongst Illinois residents 65 and older:
Totally Vaccinated: 1,827,955 (89.5%)
At Least 1 Dose: 1,975,848 (95%)
There might 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 share of the inhabitants totally vaccinated by county:
Chicago: 69.08%
Suburban Prepare dinner: 72.90%
Lake: 70.47%
McHenry: 65.96%
DuPage: 75.64%
Kane: 66.57%
Will: 66.87%
Kendall: 69.43%
La Salle: 58.47%
Grundy: 57.86%
DeKalb: 56.73%
Ogle: 57.06%
Lee: 58.97%
Whiteside: 51.97%
Bureau: 56.86%
In the early hours of a day that was no-doubt packed with Fourth of July festivities, Bret Bielema and his staff found another cause for celebration. They picked up a commitment from a face that may look familiar to some Illini fans.
On Thursday, Jershaun Newton, a 2025 3-star athlete according to 247 Sports, announced on his X that he had committed to Illinois.
He also held offers from Florida State, Indiana and Miami (Fla.), among others Power Five schools.
Newton was a dual-threat QB for Clearwater Central Catholic in St. Petersburg, Florida. In his senior season, he passed for 2,084 yards and 14 touchdowns while also rushing for 1,020 yards and five touchdowns.
On defense, he also played outside linebacker.
He’s the 13th pickup of the 2025 recruiting class, which is currently ranked 53rd in the nation according to 247 Sports.
Newton is the youngest brother of former Illinois DL Jer’Zhan Newton, who was drafted in April to the Washington Commanders.
The former fan favorite took to X to declare that he was “Jer’Proud” of his little brother.
The Illinois Fighting Illini look to turn up the heat when they take on the Penn State Nittany Lions on Sept. 28 in Happy Valley.
They are in search of redemption after a 30-13 loss last year. They hold a 6-21 record against the Nittany Lions.
A major takeaway from last year’s game was five turnovers by the Fighting Illini. Quarterback Luke Altmyer finished with four interceptions and then running back Josh McCray fumbled the ball.
Though Penn State’s offense struggled for much of the game, they were able to take advantage of those turnovers.
The one bright spot for the Fighting Illini was their defense. They held Penn State’s rushing attack to 4.1 yards per carry. Freshman quarterback Drew Allar was 16 of 33 passing with no touchdowns.
However, five turnovers is difficult to overcome.
The key going into this year is protecting the ball. This will help tire out the Penn State defense, keep their own defense well rested, and hold onto to field position.
The latter of which can enable the Fighting Illini defense turn the tide around. They could not only hold the rush attack at bay, they could potentially force turnovers in enemy territory.
Thus creating more opportunities for the Altmyer-led offense to score within range.
The old adage of “the team with the least amount of turnovers wins” must apply.
Zachary Draves is a contributor to IlliniNow. He can be reached at zdraves1013@gmail.com and on Instagram at @zdraves0633.
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A Living History Program entitled Lincoln and the Illinois and Michigan Canal with Glenn Braun is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, July 7, at Starved Rock Visitor Center. Braun will play Abraham Lincoln as he discusses life and times during the construction and heyday of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.
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