Latest COVID-19 stats for Illinois show dramatic increase in cases across the state

State health officials on Friday reported 28,280 new and probable cases of COVID-19 across Illinois, an increase of 25% over a week ago.

The Illinois Department of Public Health is also reporting 150 additional deaths.

All told, there have been more than 1.7 million COVID-19 cases reported since the pandemic began in 2020, including 26,227 deaths, the health department said in a press release.

“As of last night, 1,759 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19,” the release states. “Of those, 350 patients were in the ICU and 152 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.”

Nearly 61% of Illinoisans have been fully vaccinated, according to state officials.

How are cases looking in your area? Here’s a link to the state’s latest available data for Region 4, which includes Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair and Washington counties.

And here is the BND’s latest article that looks at Region 4.

This story was originally published November 19, 2021 at 12:43 PM.