Logan County's COVID cases up 8.8%; Illinois cases holding steady
Illinois reported 32,268 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, from 33,066 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 7.7% from the week before, with 862,778 cases reported. With 3.81% of the country's population, Illinois had 3.74% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 23 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
Logan County reported 123 cases and zero deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 113 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 10,939 cases and 92 deaths.
​Kara Davis, who serves as the director of nursing and assistant administrator with the Logan County Department of Public Health, offered sound advice with the current situation.
“Counts are increasing in Logan County, with this in mind, stay home if you are sick, mask when out in public and consider being vaccinated to decrease symptoms,” wrote Davis in an email.
Within Illinois, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Clay County with 523 cases per 100,000 per week; Saline County with 519; and Christian County with 486. 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 11,788 cases; DuPage County, with 2,470 cases; and Lake County, with 1,785. Weekly case counts rose in 48 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Kankakee, Kane and St. Clair counties.
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​ Across Illinois, cases fell in 52 counties, with the best declines in Cook County, with 11,788 cases from 12,757 a week earlier; in Will County, with 1,781 cases from 1,859; and in Madison County, with 614 cases from 681. ​
In Illinois, ​ 75 ​ people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 77 people were reported dead.
A total of 3,528,282 people in Illinois have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 38,812 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 90,410,386 people have tested positive and 1,026,951 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 24. Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
Last week: 3,402
The week before that: 3,389
Four weeks ago: 3,211
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
Last week: 75,961
The week before that: 70,927
Four weeks ago: 61,308
Hospitals in 33 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 33 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 38 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 Lincoln Courier: Logan County reported 123 additional COVID-19 cases this week
