Illinois COVID-19 ICU bed usage jumped 15% overnight
Capitol News Illinois reached out to the Illinois Department of Public Health as to what percentage of individuals who had contracted, been hospitalized or died of COVID-19 were unvaccinated during the June and July surge, but did not receive a response as of this publication. Support Local Journalism WCIA-TV Champaignâs Mark Maxwell reported last week that IDPH said 87 percent of the June COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations were in unvaccinated individuals, along with 92 percent of COVID-19-related deaths. Approximately 51 percent of the stateâs population is fully vaccinated, or a...