The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,682 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 30 additional deaths Wednesday, and a total of 3,567,927 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered.
The state reported administering 104,777 vaccine doses on Tuesday, the fifth time Illinois has gone over 100,000 shots in a day.
The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate stayed flat at 2.3%. The state received the results of 71,488 COVID-19 tests in the 24 hours leading up to Wednesday afternoon.
Illinois has seen 1,202,709 total cases of the virus, and 20,810 people have died. The state has conducted a total of 18,804,759 tests since the start of the pandemic.
As of late Tuesday, Illinois had 1,157 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 242 were in intensive care units, and 111 were on ventilators.
Vaccine update: As of Wednesday, IDPH reported a total of 4,738,045 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed statewide, with 3,567,927 vaccines administered.
As of the time this story was published, 1,247,781 Illinois residents have been fully vaccinated, or 9.79%. Illinois has a population of 12,741,080 people.
There can be as much as a 72-hour delay in reporting from healthcare providers on vaccines administered.
In northern Illinois, here is the percentage of the population fully vaccinated by county:
Chicago: 8.42%
Suburban Cook: 9.80%
Lake: 7.86%
McHenry: 6.68%
DuPage: 10.13%
Kane: 7.00%
Will: 7.66%
Kendall: 10.05%
La Salle: 10.12%
Grundy: 7.77%
DeKalb: 7.76%
Ogle: 9.54%
Lee: 9.40%
Whiteside: 9.89%
Bureau: 9.23%
Regional update: Currently, all 11 of the state’s health regions are in Phase 4 of the state’s reopening plan.
Phase 5 in Illinois – all sectors of the economy reopen with businesses, schools, and recreation resuming normal operations with new safety guidance and procedures – comes when “either a vaccine is developed to prevent additional spread of COVID-19, a treatment option is readily available that ensures health care capacity is no longer a concern, or there are no new cases over a sustained period,” according to the state’s Restore Illinois plan.
Regional data from the IDPH remains on a three-day lag.
The North Suburban region (McHenry and Lake counties) has seen 46 consecutive days under 8% for its COVID-19 test positivity rate. The region’s positivity rate increased to 3.5%. Currently, 34% of ICU beds are available.
The region has never dropped below the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability since tracking began.
Within this region, McHenry County’s seven-day positivity rate average increased to 5.6%. Lake County, which does about two-thirds of the testing in the region, is reporting a rolling average of 2.8%.
Hospitalizations have decreased or remained stable for 10 out of the last 10 days in this region.
The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen 49 consecutive days under 8%. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 4.6%. Currently, 31% of ICU beds are available.
The region has 87 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability.
Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity average is at 4.9% and DuPage County is at 4.5%.
Hospitalizations have decreased or remained stable for 10 out of the last 10 days in this region.
The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen 50 consecutive days under 8%. The region’s positivity rate stayed flat at 3.6%. Currently, 36% of ICU beds are available.
The region has 69 consecutive days under the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability.
Hospitalizations have decreased or remained stable for nine out of the past 10 days in this region.
The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago counties) has maintained a positivity rate under 8% for 54 days. The region’s positivity rate increased to 2.6%. Currently, 30% of ICU beds are available.
The region has seen 87 consecutive days above the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability.
Within this region, DeKalb County’s positivity rate increased to 5.0%, Lee County’s rate stayed flat at 0.7%, and Whiteside County’s stayed flat at 1.7%.
Hospitalizations have decreased or remained stable for nine out of the past 10 days in this region.
The North-Central region (Bureau, Fulton, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Kendall, Knox, La Salle, Livingston, Marshall, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Tazewell, Warren and Woodford counties) has seen 55 days under 8%. The region’s positivity rate stayed flat at 2.7%.
Currently, 30% of ICU beds are available. The region has 75 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability. Hospitalizations have decreased or remained stable for 10 out of the last 10 days in this region.
Within this region, La Salle County’s seven-day positivity rate stayed flat at 2.7%.
Chicago has seen 49 consecutive days under 8%. The region’s positivity rate stayed flat at 2.7%.
Currently, 26% of ICU beds are available. The region has 87 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability.
Hospitalizations have decreased or remained stable for eight out of the last 10 days in this region.
Suburban Cook County has seen 48 days under 8%. The region’s positivity rate stayed flat at 3.2%.
Currently, 26% of ICU beds are available. The region has 68 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability.
Hospitalizations have decreased or remained stable for eight out of the last 10 days in this region.
To see how other regions across the state are doing, see the full IDPH dashboard here.
Newly reported deaths include:
• Christian County: 1 female 90s
• Coles County: 1 female 50s
• Cook County: 2 males 50s, 1 female 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s, 2 males 80s, 1 female 90s
• Edgard County: 1 male 50s
• Fayette County: 1 male 70s
• Jefferson County: 1 male 60s
• Kane County: 1 male 30s, 1 female 70s
• Kendall County: 1 female 70s
• Lake County: 1 female 80s, 1 female 90s
• Ogle County: 1 female 80s
• Perry County: 1 male 50s
• Rock Island County: 1 female 60s
• St. Clair County: 1 male 50s, 1 male 60s, 2 females 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 female 90s
• Stephenson County: 1 male 70s
• Will County: 1 female 80s
• Winnebago County: 1 female 80s
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