U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday encouraged Americans who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 to get their shots to protect themselves from the widely-spreading, highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus. Bryan Wood reports.
A short-lived remarkable event of no new COVID-19 deaths being recorded in Illinois on Monday was followed by the highest daily death count highest total in weeks.
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday preliminarily recorded no new COVID-19 deaths, the first time no additional deaths were recorded in a daily count since March 2020.
But IDPH then recorded 16 and six new deaths on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, with Tuesday s count being the highest daily death count since June 24.
A short-lived remarkable event of no new COVID-19 deaths being recorded in Illinois on Monday was followed by the highest daily death count highest total in weeks.
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday preliminarily recorded no new COVID-19 deaths, the first time no additional deaths were recorded in a daily count since March 2020. IDPH then recorded 16 and six new deaths on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, with Tuesday s count being the highest daily death count since June 24.
Sangamon County Department of Public Health director Gail O Neil said it has been weeks since a death was recorded in the county. Forty-eight new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Sangamon County between Saturday and Wednesday, per county public health reports.
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The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported zero deaths from COVID-19 were recorded on Monday the first time the state has seen no COVID deaths in nearly 16 months.
That figure is subject to change if IDPH receives supplementary reports of COVID deaths from Monday, but state leaders cheered the news Tuesday as evidence vaccines are working; nearly 70% of Illinoisans 12 and over who are eligible for their COVID shots have gotten at least one dose.
“Thank God for the vaccines,” Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday after signing a new law expanding Medicaid coverage in Illinois. “We need everybody to get vaccinated. Saying that getting 70% of our [eligible] population vaccinated is a big milestone. But it’s not enough.”
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CHICAGO â The Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday reported zero deaths from COVID-19 for the first time since March 2020 â a sign of how far the state has come since the pandemic took hold.
Though the state didnât report any fatalities on Monday, that doesnât necessarily mean no one died of the illness. Itâs possible no deaths were recorded Monday because of reporting delays tied to the Fourth of July holiday on Sunday. Reporting has often been delayed on weekends and holidays throughout the pandemic.
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