John Sahly

Lee and Ogle counties are 2 of the 20 statewide counties up to medium level of COVID-19 activity

Both IDPH and the Illinois Department on Aging have endorsed action this week by both the FDA and the CDC to simplify their recommendations for COVID-19 vaccinations

Weekly COVID-19 deaths as reported by the IDPH are at their lowest since the beginning of the pandemic. But wastewater surveillance suggests COVID-19 is back on the rise after months of decline.

Two of the 20 counties in the state at medium COVID-19 risk are in northern Illinois: Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties in northwestern Illinois.

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that three counties are considered at “high” risk for COVID-19, down from 28 a week ago. An additional 56 counties are at “medium” risk, up from 45 last week.

Illinois is averaging 153 new COVID-19 hospitalizations per day statewide, levels that have not been seen since the middle of February

As of late Monday, Illinois had 1,418 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, an increase of more than 100 patients from the previous day and the most since August 18.

As of late Sunday, Illinois had 1,119 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 116 were in intensive care units, and 47 were on ventilators.

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More than 637,000 Illinoisans have received a dose of the new, bivalent COVID-19 vaccines since they were approved for use in early September, including 144,200 doses in the past week.

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday that 33 counties in the state are considered “high” risk for COVID-19, a decrease of nine counties from a week ago. An additional 48 counties are at the “medium” risk level, an increase of nine from last week.

As of late Sunday, Illinois had 1,367 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, a decrease of 67 patients from Friday’s update. Of those, 144 were in intensive care units, and 48 were on ventilators.

Although it is far from the winter peak of more than 1,100 COVID-19 patients in the ICU, Illinois is now over 200 COVID-19 patients in the ICU for the first time since February 24

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday that there are 66 counties in the state at “high” risk for COVID-19, an increase of eight from the previous week. An additional 31 counties are at “medium” risk, a decrease of five from the previous week.

Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday that he has amended his executive order to relax COVID-19 testing requirements and vaccine mandates in some business settings. This comes as the state is averaging 125 new COVID-19 hospitalizations per day, the most since Feb. 19.

As of late Monday, Illinois had 1,336 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, an increase of 84 patients from late Sunday, and the highest number of total COVID-19 patients in the hospital since February 19

Illinois has more COVID-19 patients in the hospital than at any point since February 21, according to new data from the Illinois Department of Public Health.

As of late Monday, Illinois had 1,118 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, an increase of 47 patients from Sunday. Of those, 121 were in intensive care units, and 36 were on ventilators.

As of late Monday, Illinois had 1,137 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, a decrease of 25 patients from Friday