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Covid Update 12/27/21

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported that there were 77,246 new cases of COVID in Illinois last week including 318 new deaths. IDPH is reporting over 2,020,000 cases and over 27,400 deaths since COVID began.  4,271 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID and of those 867 were in the ICU, and 485 were on ventilators. 

 

The seven-day positivity rate for cases from December 16-22 is 6.3%.  The seven-day statewide test positivity rate is 8.6%. A total of nearly 19 million vaccines have been administered with the rolling average of doses administered daily is 65,827.  Since December 17, 388,453 were distributed.  More than 71% of Illinoisans have received at least one dose and more than 64% are totally vaccinated. 

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