The total number of cases in Illinois is now 1,146,341, with a total of 19,633 deaths since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the last 24 hours, laboratories reported 81,550 samples for a total of 16,636,585.
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As of Saturday night, 2,188 patients in Illinois were hospitalized with COVID-19. Of these, 507 patients were in the ICU and 245 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The statewide seven-day preliminary positivity test, from January 31 to February 31. 5 is 3.4%.
First case of COVID-19 variant identified in Lake County
The first case of a variant of COVID-19 was reported in Lake County, according to a statement from the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center.
The statement said that this variant B.1.1.7 was first identified in the United Kingdom. Lake County health officials said the infected person recently traveled abroad and was quarantined on his return.
“We hope to see more cases of these new variants in Lake County, as they appear to spread more easily and quickly than other variants,” said Dr. Sana Ahmed, Medical Epidemiologist at the Lake County Health Department.
At the moment, studies suggest that the currently available COVID-19 vaccines will be effective against the new strains, the statement said.
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A total of 1,635,925 doses of vaccine were delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago, with an additional 496,100 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered to Illinois to 2,132,025 .
IDPH reports that a total of 1,342,857 doses of vaccine have been administered, including 188,351 in long-term facilities. The seven-day moving average of vaccines administered is 51,553.
IDPH says vaccine delivery numbers are reported in real time and vaccine delivery numbers take up to 72 hours.
The Coronavirus test sites in Chicago will be closed due to “bad weather” starting on Friday.
The test sites operated by the city will remain closed from Friday to Wednesday, according to a city notification.
Thursday’s storm will be followed by a deep freeze that will continue until next week. Temperatures may not rise above one digit, and cold winds can reach minus 30 degrees in what city officials call an “arctic explosion”.
Anyone who needs to get tested in the next few days should contact their doctor.
“Honestly, from a security perspective, we don’t want staff and volunteers to be potentially exposed,” said Dr. Allison Arwady, CDPH. “And there are availabilities on site. We don’t want people to go up.”
The icy conditions also prompted the Loretto Hospital on the West Side to move its tests indoors.
“We are actually converting our physiotherapy room on the ground floor, which is very large and spacious, into a COVID testing area,” said Afya Khan, an infection control practitioner at Loretto Hospital.
The city’s indoor vaccination sites will remain open, as will the mass vaccination site at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. Officials there said that the need to switch employees frequently in the cold can cause delays.
Northwestern University professor Hani Mahmassani, a specialist in transport and logistics, said vaccination clinics are unlikely to attend.
“There will be staffing problems,” she explained, “and there will also be no attendance in terms of patients. And in some cases, you don’t want patients to go out in this climate, especially for some older people who are the current group being vaccinated. “
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Sunay reported deaths include:
– Bond County: 1 man from the 80s
– Champaign County: 1 70 year old man
– Cook County: 1 woman 50 years, 1 woman 60 years, 2 men 60 years, 2 women 70 years, 1 woman 80 years, 3 men 80 years
– Cumberland County: 1 70 year old man
– DuPage County: 1 woman 60 years old, 1 man 70 years old, 1 man 80 years old, 1 woman 90 years old
– Grundy County: 1 woman 60 years old
– Iroquois County: 1 man, 70 years old
– Kane County: 1 woman 80 years old, 1 man 90 years old
– Kankakee County: 1 woman 50 years old
– Knox County: 1 woman, 70 years old
– Lake County: 1 woman 60 years old, 1 woman 90 years old
– LaSalle County: 2 men from the 80s
– Lee County: 1 man 50 years old
– Madison County: 1 70 year old man
– Marion County: 1 woman, 80 years old
– McHenry County: 1 woman 70 years old, 1 man 70 years old
– Ogle County: 1 woman 70 years old, 1 man 80 years old
– St. Clair County: 1 woman 70 years old, 1 woman 90 years old
– Stark County: 1 woman from the 80s
– Stephenson County: 1 70 year old man
– Tazewell County: 1 male 80 years old, 1 female 90 years old
– Vermilion County: 1 woman 80 years old, 1 man 80 years old
– Winnebago County: 1 woman in the 80s, 3 women in the 90s
– Woodford County: 1 male aged 50, 1 female aged 90
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