Updated 7/12/2021 6:21 PM
Average caseloads of COVID-19 rose for the seventh day in a row, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Monday.
On July 5, the seven-day average for new infections per day was 284.7 compared to the latest total of 559.6.
The state s positivity rate for COVID-19 cases is 1.7% based on a seven-day average, reflecting an upward trend.
The new numbers come as COVID-19 daily vaccinations dwindle, hitting an average of 17,288 on Sunday compared to 45,606 on June 11.
Educators are watching inoculation metrics carefully after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated guidelines Friday to allow fully vaccinated people to go without masks in schools. Masks still are required for unvaccinated individuals at schools, a stance the Illinois Department of Public Health endorsed.
Some states summer camps hit by COVID-19 outbreaks Are their schools next?
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By Jeremy Coumbes on July 12, 2021 at 4:10pm
The next round of winners in the All In for the Win drawing has landed two a little closer to home than the first round.
The state announced today the 100K Monday drawing as part of the state’s ‘All In for the Win’ vaccine lottery has taken place, and three lucky winners have been chosen.
According to this afternoon’s announcement, the Illinois Department of Public Health will be notifying winners by phone or email starting this afternoon. Three winners of $100,000 each were drawn today from Quincy, Springfield, and Chicago.
Officials say Illinoisans from those cities and counties should keep their phones on and check their emails regularly to find out if they’ve won. They say no personal information will be requested in the initial phone or email notification.
COVID outbreaks hit summer camps >FILE - In this June 9, 2006, file photo, kids from a day camp get soaked by the the fire department at Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas. The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in Texas, Illinois, Florida, Missouri and Kansas, offering what some fear could be a preview of the upcoming school year. (Brad Smith/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP, File) Brad Smith >FILE - Students enter Gulf Middle School during the first day of school for Pasco County Schools in New Port Richey, Fla., in this Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, file photo. The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in Texas, Illinois, Florida, Missouri and Kansas, offering what some fear could be a preview of the upcoming school year. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File) Douglas R. Clifford
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In some cases the outbreaks have spread from the camp to the broader community.
The clusters have come as the number of newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. has reversed course, surging more than 60% over the past two weeks from an average of about 12,000 a day to around 19,500, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The rise in many places has been blamed on too many unvaccinated people and the highly contagious delta variant.
Gwen Ford, a 43-year-old science teacher from Adrian, Missouri, was cautiously optimistic when she eyed the dropping case numbers in the spring and signed up her 12-year-old daughter for the West Central Christian Service Camp.
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