Ill. Dept. of Public Health reporting 20 counties at elevated level for COVID-19

ILLINOIS (KFVS) - The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 20 counties, including some in the Heartland, at an elevated level for COVID-19.

According to a release from the department on Friday, January 27, the following counties are at a medium community level:

• Jo Daviess
• Stephenson
• Carroll
• Whiteside
• Hancock
• Ford
• Champaign
• Douglas
• Coles
• Edgar
• Cumberland
• Crawford
• Lawrence
• Wabash
• Perry
• Jackson
• Franklin
• Williamson
• Johnson
• Massac

This is compared to 28 in the previous week.

The department reported that no counties are at a high community level.

The updated data came days after the state marked three years since the first reported case of COVID-19 on Jan. 24. Since that first case, IDPH says it has recorded a total of 4,019,768 cases and 36,091 deaths, in 102 counties.

IDPH is reporting 10,924 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the week ending Jan. 22, and 86 deaths.

As of Thursday night, 999 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 117 patients were in the ICU and 45 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators. The preliminary seven-day statewide case rate is 86 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Illinoisans.

According to IDPH, a total of 25,912,844 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of Friday. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 5,349 doses, including the bivalent booster and first doses. Since January 20, 37,440 vaccine doses were reported administered in Illinois.

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