The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 1,146,341, with a total of 19,633 deaths, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the last 24 hours, laboratories have reported 81,550 specimens for a total of 16,636,585.
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As of Saturday night, 2,188 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 507 patients were in the ICU and 245 patients with COVID-19 with ventilators.
The seven-day statewide positive test from January 31 to February. 5 is 3.4%.
First case of COVID-19 variant identified in Lake County
The first case of a COVID-19 variant was reported in Lake County, according to a statement from the Lake County Department of Health and the Community Health Center.
The statement said that this B.1.1.7 variant was first identified in the UK. Lake County health officials said the newly infected person traveled internationally and quarantined her on her return.
“We hope to see more cases of these new variants in Lake County, as they appear to be spreading more easily and quickly than other variants,” said Dr. Sana Ahmed, a medical epidemiologist with the Lake County Health Department.
At this time, studies suggest that currently available COVID-19 vaccines will be effective against new strains, according to the statement.
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A total of 1,635,925 doses of vaccine have been delivered to Illinois providers, including Chicago, with an additional 496,100 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, making the number total deliveries in Illinois is 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 average of seven days of vaccines administered is 51,553.
The IDPH says vaccine distribution data are reported in real time and vaccine administration data is up to 72 hours.
Coronavirus testing sites in Chicago will remain closed due to “inclement weather” beginning Friday.
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 extend until next week. It is possible that temperatures will not rise above single digits and wind chills will reach below 30 degrees in what city officials called the “Arctic explosion.”
Anyone who needs tests in the next few days should contact their doctor.
“Honestly, from a safety perspective, we don’t want staff and volunteers to be potentially exposed,” said Dr. Allison Arwady, CDPH. “And there are availabilities on foot at the site. We don’t want people to be able to go up.”
Cold conditions also caused Loretto Hospital, on the west side, to move its indoor tests.
“We’re actually turning our ground floor physiotherapy room, which is quite large and very spacious, into a COVID testing area,” said Afya Khan, an infection control practitioner at Loretto Hospital.
The city’s inland vaccination sites will remain open, as will the mass vaccination site at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. Officials said the need to rotate staff frequently out of the cold could cause delays.
Northwestern University professor Hani Mahmassani, a transportation and logistics expert, said vaccination clinics are unlikely to make presentations.
“There will be problems in the staffing staff,” he explained, “and there are also no presentations regarding patients. And in some cases, you don’t want patients to come out in this climate, especially for some older people who are current vaccinated group “.
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The deaths reported by Sunay include:
– Bond County: 1 man from the 80s
– Champaign County: 1 man from the 70s
– Cook County: 1 woman 50, 1 woman 60, 2 men 60, 2 women 70, 1 woman 80, 3 men 80
– Cumberland County: 1 man from the 70s
– DuPage County: 1 woman 60, 1 man 70, 1 man 80, 1 woman 90
– Grundy County: 1 woman aged 60 years
– Iroquois County: 1 man from the 70s
– Kane County: 1 80-year-old woman, 1 90-year-old man
– Kankakee County: 1 woman aged 50 years
– Knox County: 1 woman aged 70 years
– Lake County: 1 woman 60, 1 woman 90
– LaSalle County: 2 men from the 80s
– Lee County: 1 50-year-old man
– Madison County: 1 man from the 70s
– Marion County: 1 woman aged 80 years
– McHenry County: 1 woman aged 70, 1 man aged 70
– Ogle County: 1 woman of 70 years, 1 man of 80 years
– County of St. Clair: 1 woman of 70 years, 1 woman of 90 years
– Stark County: 1 woman aged 80 years
– Stephenson County: 1 man from the 70s
– Tazewell County: 1 man aged 80, 1 woman aged 90
– Vermilion County: 1 woman 80, 1 male 80
– Winnebago County: 1 woman 80, 3 women 90
– Woodford County: 1 man aged 50, 1 woman aged 90
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