The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 1,144,281, with a total of 19,585 deaths since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the last 24 hours, the laboratories reported 90,295 copies for a total of 16,555,035.
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As of Friday night, 2,271 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 485 patients were in the IU and 246 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The seven-day preliminary positive test at national level from January 30 to February. 5 is 4.2%.
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A total of 1,635,925 doses of vaccine were delivered to Illinois providers, including Chicago, with an additional 496,100 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered in Illinois to 2,132,025.
IDPH reports that a total of 1,294,498 doses of vaccine were administered, including 188,351 at long-term facilities. The seven-day average of vaccines administered is 49,909.
IDPH says vaccine distribution numbers are reported in real time, and vaccine administration numbers remain at up to 72 hours.
Chicago’s coronavirus testing sites will be closed for “bad weather” beginning Friday.
Test sites operated by the city will remain closed from Friday to Wednesday, according to a notification from the city.
Thursday’s storm will be followed by a deep frost that will last until next week. Temperatures may not rise above single figures, and wind chills can reach minus 30 degrees in what city officials have called an “arctic explosion.”
Anyone who needs testing in the next few days should contact their healthcare provider.
“Honestly, in terms of safety, we don’t want staff and volunteers to be exposed,” said Dr. Allison Arwady, CDPH. “And there are walking availabilities on the site. We don’t want people to climb.”
Frozen conditions also prompted Loretto Hospital on the West Side to move its walking tests inside.
“In fact, we are 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 Fairgrounds Lake County in Grayslake. Officials there said the need for frequent rotation of cold staff could cause delays.
Professor Hani Mahmassani of Northwestern University, an expert in transport and logistics, said vaccination clinics could see some shortcomings.
“There will be staff issues,” she explained, “and also no patient presentations. And in some cases, you do not want patients to go out at this time, especially for some older group people who are vaccinated. “
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Deaths reported on Saturday include:
– Champaign county: 1 woman of 70, 1 woman of 80 years
– Clay County: 1 woman of 80 years
– Cook County: 3 men 50, 1 woman 60, 5 men 60, 2 women 70, 1 man 70, 5 men 80, 2 men 90
– DeKalb County: 1 woman aged 80 years
– DuPage County: 2 females 70, 1 male 70, 2 males 80
– Edgar County: 1 man of 70 years, 1 man of 90 years
– Jackson County: 1 man from the 90s
– Jefferson County: 1 70-year-old man, 1 80-year-old woman
– Johnson County: 1 80-year-old man
– Kane County: 1 woman in her 70s, 1 woman in her 80s, 1 woman in her 90s
– Lake County: 1 man aged 70 years
– LaSalle County: 1 man aged 40 years
– Livingston County: 1 80-year-old man, 1 90-year-old man
– Macon county: 1 man of 70 years
– McHenry County: 1 woman aged 70
– Montgomery county: 1 man of 50 years, 1 woman of 80 years, 1 woman of 90 years
– Moultrie County: 1 man in the 90s
– Peoria county: 1 man of 60 years, 2 men of 80 years
– St. county Clair: 1 man of 80, 1 man of 90 years
– Stephenson County: 1 80-year-old man
– Union county: 1 man of 70 years
– Will County: 1 woman of 70 years, 1 man of 70 years
– Williamson County: 1 man of 60 years, 1 woman of 80 years, 1 man of 80 years
– Winnebago County: 1 woman of 80 years
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