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(CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported 933 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, with 10 additional deaths. The state’s new death toll is now at 22,633. Illinoios’ latest hospitalization report showed 1,393 individuals around the state were in hospitals with COVID-19. Of those, 334 patients were in Intensive Care Units and 180 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators. For updates, go to dph.illinois.gov, or if questions, call the toll-free HealthLine at 1-800-889-3931.
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) yesterday announced a statewide system to monitor the virus that causes COVID-19 and its variants in wastewater, providing public health officials with early warnings of a potential outbreak on a county-by-county basis. SARS-CoV-2, the virus t
Illinois reported fewer than 1,000 COVID-19 cases Monday, the first time that the state has seen consecutive days of fewer than 1,000 cases since July 2020.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 933 new cases Monday, following 943 cases reported Sunday. It marks the first time since July 13-14, 2020 that Illinois had reported two consecutive days of fewer than 1,000 cases of the virus. The state also reported 10 new deaths.
The state also reported 49,200 tests being reported on Sunday and 33,010 reported Monday.
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Testing combined with fewer cases means a lower positivity rate with IDPH reporting a positivity rate at 2.7% Monday with the rate as a percentage of tests staying steady at 2.2%.
Pictured: Eva Durance and Christopher Owen (PhD student) working on RNA extraction from wastewater
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WJPF) Franklin and Jefferson counties will take part in the first phase of a program that will analyze wastewater for signs of a potential COVID-19 outbreak.
The program, announced by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Discovery Partners Institute Monday, will be expanded to thirty-five counties by mid summer, and to all 102 counties by the end of the year.
According to IDPH, the virus that causes COVID-19 is detectable in human waste nearly from the onset of infection, while symptoms may not appear for three to five days. IDPH will provide $5.5 million to build and support the monitoring system for the next year.
Illinois health officials have announced a new system that will test wastewater for COVID-19 and use those tests to find "early warnings of a potential outbreak on a county-by-county basis."