Fulton County's COVID cases up 34.3%; Illinois cases holding steady
Illinois reported 27,543 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, from 28,216 the week before of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Illinois ranked 21st among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States decreased 4.6% from the week before, with 750,600 cases reported. With 3.81% of the country's population, Illinois had 3.67% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 24 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
The Fourth of July holiday disrupted who got tested, when people got tested and when both test results and deaths were reported. This may significantly skew week-to-week comparisons.
Fulton County reported 90 cases and one death in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 67 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 11,033 cases and 131 deaths.
Within Illinois, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Adams County with 472 cases per 100,000 per week; Menard County with 385; and Wabash County with 382. The Centers for Disease Control says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.
Adding the most new cases overall were Cook County, with 10,483 cases; DuPage County, with 2,071 cases; and Will County, with 1,587. Weekly case counts rose in 57 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in LaSalle, Vermilion and McDonough counties.
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Across Illinois, cases fell in 43 counties, with the best declines in Cook County, with 10,483 cases from 10,844 a week earlier; in DuPage County, with 2,071 cases from 2,168; and in Madison County, with 553 cases from 650.
In Illinois, 59 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 91 people were reported dead.
A total of 3,462,948 people in Illinois have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 38,660 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 88,593,875 people have tested positive and 1,020,861 people have died.
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Illinois's COVID-19 hospital admissions staying flat
USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, July 10. Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
Last week: 3,279
The week before that: 3,250
Four weeks ago: 2,953
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
Last week: 69,400
The week before that: 63,341
Four weeks ago: 57,327
Hospitals in 39 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 35 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 42 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows.
The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Canton Daily Ledger: Fulton County reported 90 additional COVID-19 cases this week
