SPRINGFIELD (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported that 4,245 more Illinois residents have tested positive for the COVID-19 and 22 additional deaths.
The state’s latest daily coronavirus caseload is more than the 3,629 reported on Saturday but less than the 4,554 reported on Friday.
Of the recently deceased, a man in his 50s, a man in his 60s, two men in their 70s and three women in their 80s from Cook County; a man in his 90s from Adams County; a man in his 70s from Kane County; a man in his 70s and a woman in her 90s from Lake County; a woman in her 708s from Macoupin County; a man in his 80s and a woman in her 90s from Peoria County; a woman in her 90s and a woman over 100 from Pike County; a man in his 60s and a man in his 90s from St. Clair County; a man in his 90s from Tazewell County; a man in his 80s from Warren County; and a man in his 60s and a man in his 70s from Winnebago County.
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The IDPH currently is reporting a total of 344,048 cases, including 9,214 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from Oct. 11 – Oct. 17 is 5.3%. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 79,296 specimens for a total of 6,775,553.
As of last night, 2,012 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 408 patients were in the intensive care unit and 157 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
On Sunday morning, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker visited CNN’s “State of the Union” where he told host Jake Tapper that despite efforts by his administration to convince people to follow coronavirus protocols such as wearing masks and social distancing, President Donald trump and his allies are telling people "don't follow the rules."