IDPH reports 22,600 new COVID Cases

On Friday the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 22,600 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 129 additional deaths since reporting on Nov. 5. New cases of COVID-19 increased 29 percent from last week.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1,735,586 cases, including 26,077 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. Since reporting on Friday, Nov. 5, laboratories have reported 906,911 specimens for a total of 37,016,510. As of last night, 1,553 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 307 patients were in the ICU and 140 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from Nov. 5-11 is 2.5 percent. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from November 5-11 is 3.0 percent.

Of Illinois’ total population, a little more than 67 percent have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose and 61 percent of Illinois’ total population is fully vaccinated according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A total of 16,256,855 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of Thursday at midnight. Vaccination is the key to ending this pandemic. To find a COVID-19 vaccination location near you, go to http://www.vaccines.gov.