Marion, Clinton, Washington, Fayette, and Clay Counties remain at the low community transmission rate for COVID-19 while Jefferson and Wayne Counties have jumped back to the medium level.
Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow is reporting no additional deaths during her weekly COVID-19 update. The number of congregate care facilities in outbreak status has dropped to three. One has 14 positive cases, another 15, and the third has 23 positives.
The CDC tracker shows 43 new positive or likely COVID-19 cases in Marion County for the week ending Wednesday, a 153-percent increase over the prior week. Jefferson County had 42 new cases, an 11-percent increase, but five new hospitalizations that pushed the county into the medium transmission level. Clinton County had 30 new cases, a 17-percent drop, and one new hospitalization. Washington County had 17 cases, up 89 percent, and no new hospitalizations. Fayette County had 16 new cases, down 47-percent, and one new hospitalization. Clay County had 13 cases, a 48-percent drop, and no new hospitalizations. Wayne County had 13 new cases, a seven percent drop, and two new hospitalizations which increased them to the medium level.
Statewide, there were 11,020 new confirmed cases in the past week and 38 more deaths since November 4th. 31 of the state’s 102 counties were at the medium community level. No county is at the high level.
As of Wednesday night, 1.109 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 147 patients were in the ICU and 42 were on ventilators.
