March 29, 2024
Coronavirus

New Illinois COVID-19 hospital admissions reach mid-February levels

A pedestrian wearing a protective mask as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus walks in Philadelphia, Friday, April 22, 2022.  The city abandoned its indoor mask mandate Friday, just days after becoming the first U.S. metropolis to reimpose compulsory masking in response to an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Monday 9,593 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 12 additional deaths for Friday, Saturday and Sunday combined. IDPH does not update its data dashboard on weekends.

As of late Sunday, Illinois had 1,505 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 163 were in intensive care units, and 55 were on ventilators.

For Friday-Sunday, the state administered 45,783 vaccines.

Case rate per 100,000: 26.6 (up 3.6 from Friday’s update)

Percentage of ICU beds available: 17%

COVID-19-diagnosed hospital admissions (seven-day rolling average): 153 (up 8 from Friday’s update, highest since February 13)

Weekly deaths reported: 57

Illinois has seen 3,892,893 total cases of the virus, and 35,506 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.

CountyCase Rate/100,000% available ICU bedsCOVID-19 diagnosed hospital admissions
(7-day rolling average)
Weekly
deaths
Bureau321600
Chicago2319267
DeKalb31.67.911
DuPage23.624142
Grundy24.11601
Kane24.32460
Kendall22.71610
Lake27.51671
La Salle27.41612
Lee24.27.911
Ogle307.901
McHenry24.91663
Suburban
Cook
25.415366
Whiteside21.17.910
Will23.42376

Vaccine update: As of Monday, the IDPH reported a total of 29,855,575 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed statewide, with 25,438,989 vaccines administered.

As of Monday, 8,407,978 Illinoisans have been fully vaccinated, or 65.99% of the population. Illinois has a population of 12,741,080 people.

CDC numbers:

Among Illinois residents 5 and older:

Fully Vaccinated: 8,939,399 (75%)

At Least 1 Dose: 9,895,582 (83%)

Among Illinois residents 12 and older:

Fully Vaccinated: 8,492,371 (78.4%)

At Least 1 Dose: 9,390,809 (86.6%)

Among Illinois residents 18 and older:

Fully Vaccinated: 7,836,755 (79.5%)

At Least 1 Dose: 8,672,310 (88%)

Among Illinois residents 65 and older:

Fully Vaccinated: 1,859,572 (91%)

At Least 1 Dose: 2,010,346 (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: 69.44%

Suburban Cook: 73.31%

Lake: 71.52%

McHenry: 66.70%

DuPage: 76.41%

Kane: 67.14%

Will: 67.50%

Kendall: 70.64%

La Salle: 58.91%

Grundy: 58.31%

DeKalb: 56.99%

Ogle: 57.40%

Lee: 59.31%

Whiteside: 52.20%

Bureau: 57.19%

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.