Marion County remains in the high-risk category for COVID-19 in the weekly figures being released Friday by the CDC. There were 119 cases during the week for an infection rate of 319.85 per 100,000. That’s nearly double last year’s number and is well above the 100 per 100,000 rate required to be in the high category. The county’s positivity rate for the past week was 7.66 percent.
Clinton and Washington Counties moved from the substantial to high categories and Clay County went from moderate to high joining Marion, Jefferson, and Wayne County at the highest level on the scale. Clinton County had 76 new cases and is now at an infection rate of 202 per 100,000. Washington County had 22 new cases and is at a rate of 158 per 100,000. Jefferson County had 74 new cases and is at 196 infected per 100,000. Clay County had 27 new cases and an infection rate of 205 per 100,000. Wayne County had 49 new cases and is at 302 per 100,000. Fayette County is the only county in the region still at the substantial level. Fayette County had 20 new cases for an infection rate of 94 per 100,000 people.
Statewide, the number of new coronavirus cases jumped 46-percent since last week. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 11,682 cases for the week ending Friday. There were 39 additional deaths reported. The number of hospitalizations were up 35-percent, those admitted to ICU were up 24-percent and the number on ventilators increased by 41-percent.
The preliminary statewide positivity rate has jumped to four percent for the past seven days.
74-percent of Illinois adults have now received at least one vaccine dose and more than 58-percent are fully vaccinated. In Marion County, 38-percent of the total population has now received at least one vaccine and 31-percent are fully vaccinated.
