Illinois COVID update today: IL reports 7201 cases, 157 coronavirus deaths; state test sites closed New Year’s Day

CHICAGO (WLS) – Illinois public health officials reported 7,201 COVID-19 cases and 157 related deaths on Friday.

The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 970,590, with a total of 16,647 deaths.

Find out how many people can get a COVID-19 vaccine before you

In the past 24 hours, laboratories reported 97,222 samples for a total of 13,374,665.

As of Thursday night, it was reported that 3,992 patients in Illinois were in the hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 808 patients were in the ICU and 464 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

RELATED: Illinois Coronavirus Testing: Where to Get Tested for COVID-19 in Illinois, Chicago Area

The preliminary seven-day positive test positivity from 25 to 31 December is 9.5%.

The test positivity rate is a measure that the state started providing at the end of October. It is calculated by using the total number of positive tests above the total number of tests. This is the yardstick by which state health officials are accustomed to making decisions about mitigation.

LOOK: Will vaccination against Astra-Zeneca be available in the US soon?

State-run COVID-19 test sites closed for the New Year holidays on Friday.

Under the COVID-19 mitigation rules, indoor dining and bar service is still banned in Kane County, but some people have chosen to call the New Year in a pub in South Elgin. Stanley’s Restaurant and Ale House defied state ordersoffering food, drink, karaoke and trivia – all inside – while trying to apply his own COVID-19 rules.

The owners said they had been open for business for the past ten weeks without talking about the land or the state.

LOOK: the impact of vaccines can only be felt in the spring, according to medical experts

See where the dose of COVID-19 vaccine was administered

The deaths reported on Friday include:

– Adams County: 1 60-year-old man
– Cass County: 1 female 70s
– Coles County: 1 70-year-old man, 1 80-year-old woman

– Cook County: 2 men 40s, 1 50s female, 3 50s men, 2 60s, 11 60s, 3 70s, 12 70s, 11 80s, 7 80s, 3 90s, 3 90s
– DeKalb County: 1 man 70’s
– DuPage County: 1 man 40s, 1 man 60s, 4 men 70s, 3 women 80s, 4 men 80s, 1 female 90s, 1 male 90s
– Franklin County: 1 female 70’s
– Grundy County: 1 80-year-old woman
– Henry County: 1 70-year-old man
– Jackson County: 1 female 80s
– Jefferson County: 1 70-year-old woman, 1 80-year-old woman, 1 90-year-old woman
– Kane County: 1 female 40s, 1 female 50s, 2 men 50s, 1 female 60s, 2 men 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s, 1 female 90s
Kankakee County: 1 30-year-old man, 1 90-year-old woman
– Kendall County: 1 50-year-old man
– Knox County: 1 female 60’s
– Lake County: 1 female 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s
– Livingston County: 1 female 30s
– Logan County: 1 80-year-old man
– Madison County: 1 female 60s, 2 male 70s, 2 male 80s
– Marshall County: 1 man 70’s
– Mason County: 1 female 70s
– McHenry County: 2 men 70s, 1 80s female
– McLean County: 1 man 60s, 1 man 70s, 2 woman 80s, 1 90s woman

– Mercer County: 1 female 80s
– Montgomery County: 1 90-year-old man
– County Peoria: 1 female 70s, 1 80s female, 2 men 90s
– Perry County: 1 female 90s
– Pike County: 1 female 100+
– Randolph County: 1 70-year-old man
– Rock Island County: 1 80s, 1 90s female
– Saline County: 1 female 50s
– Sangamon County: 2 men 90s, 1 female 100+
– St. Clair County: 1 50-year-old woman, 1 80-year-old woman, 1 90-year-old woman
– Stephenson County: 1 80-year-old man, 1 90-year-old man
– Tazewell County: 2 women 70s
– Vermilion County: 1 female 70s
– Warren County: 1 women 70s, 1 80s female
– Washington County: 1 female 90s
– White County: 2 women 90s
– Whiteside County: 1 70-year-old man
– Will County: 2 men 60s, 1 woman 90s
– Winnebago County: 2 women 80s
– Woodford County: 1 70-year-old man

Copyright © 2021 WLS-TV. All rights reserved.

.Source