March 29, 2024
Coronavirus

Illinois’ COVID-19 hospitalizations nearing 1,500, most since mid-February

State’s case rate rises to 35.4 new cases per 100,000 people

FILE - A sign advising visitors to don face coverings stands outside the main entrance to UCHealth University of Colorado hospital Friday, April 1, 2022, in Aurora, Colo.  COVID cases are starting to rise again in the United States, with numbers up in most states and up steeply in several. One expert says he expects more of a “bump” than the monstrous surge of the first omicron wave, but another says it’s unclear how high the curve will rise and it may be more like a hill.  (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 6,636 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 11 additional deaths Thursday.

As of late Wednesday, Illinois had 1,479 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, the most since February 18. Of those, 157 were in intensive care units, and 49 were on ventilators.

For Wednesday, the state administered 14,708 vaccines. The state is now averaging 13,399 vaccines per day, the most since May 30.

From the IDPH’s data dashboard:

Case rate per 100,000: 35.4 (+1.4 from Wednesday)

Percentage of ICU beds available: 19%

COVID-19 diagnosed hospital admissions (7-day rolling average): 145 (-1 from Wednesday)

Weekly deaths reported: 59

Illinois has seen 3,523,006 total cases of the virus, and 34,302 people have died.

County-by-county update: As of mid-April, the IDPH will provide a county-by-county update focusing on the case rate per 100,000 people, the percentage of ICU beds available, a rolling seven-day average of COVID-19 diagnosed hospital admissions and weekly deaths.

The definition of a COVID-19 diagnosed hospital admission is as follows: The seven-day average of daily number of hospital admissions given a diagnosis of COVID-19 as measured using the Illinois Syndromic Surveillance System.

Illinois collects all emergency department and inpatient visits through syndromic surveillance from all acute care hospitals in Illinois in near-real time. Data is presented with a three-day lag to allow time for diagnosis to be reported.

At the county level, a visit is counted by where the patient resides. A patient with multiple visits will be counted for each visit. Admissions may not be because of COVID-19 as the primary cause. Syndromic surveillance data is not the same source used by CDC to report COVID-19 hospital admissions data.

CountyCase Rate/100,000% available ICU bedsCOVID-19 diagnosed hospital admissions
(7-day rolling average)
Weekly
deaths
Bureau26.81900
Chicago30.713256
DeKalb34.62010
DuPage37.621121
Grundy33.41900
Kane352142
Kendall36.11910
Lake34.92166
La Salle35.11912
Lee30.12010
McHenry33.72150
Ogle26.42000
Suburban
Cook
34.625338
Whiteside36.22011
Will35.72372

Vaccine update: As of Thursday, IDPH reported a total of 28,512,045 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed statewide, with 22,881,691 vaccines administered.

As of Thursday, 8,316,658 Illinoisans have been fully vaccinated, or 65.27% of the population. Illinois has a population of 12,741,080 people.

CDC numbers:

Among Illinois residents 5 and older:

Fully Vaccinated: 8,753,257 (73.4%)

At Least 1 Dose: 9,669,372 (81.1%)

Among Illinois residents 12 and older:

Fully Vaccinated: 8,329,747 (76.9%)

At Least 1 Dose: 9,193,617 (84.8%)

Among Illinois residents 18 and older:

Fully Vaccinated: 7,687,685 (78%)

At Least 1 Dose: 8,490,639 (86.2%)

Among Illinois residents 65 and older:

Fully Vaccinated: 1,824,470 (89.3%)

At Least 1 Dose: 1,972,897 (95%)

There can be as much as a 72-hour delay in reporting from health care providers on vaccines administered.

In northern Illinois, here is the percentage of the population fully vaccinated by county:

Chicago: 68.98%

Suburban Cook: 72.80%

Lake: 70.35%

McHenry: 65.85%

DuPage: 75.56%

Kane: 66.45%

Will: 66.77%

Kendall: 69.18%

La Salle: 58.40%

Grundy: 57.78%

DeKalb: 56.67%

Ogle: 57.02%

Lee: 58.96%

Whiteside: 51.90%

Bureau: 56.79%

John Sahly

John Sahly

John Sahly is the digital editor for the Shaw Local News Network. He has been with Shaw Media since 2008, previously serving as the Northwest Herald's digital editor, and the Daily Chronicle sports editor and sports reporter.