The graph shows the rolling, 7-day positivity rate for tests completed starting on June 1. Illinois Department of Public Health data was used to calculate the averages.
SPRINGFIELD — The COVID-19 test positivity rate fell to 3.6% statewide Monday, decreasing in two regions that have faced increased economic restrictions due to high rates.
The positivity rate decreased three-tenths of a percentage point since Friday as the state reported an average of 46,471 test results and 1,652 new cases each day between Saturday and Monday. That made for a three-day positivity rate of about 3.6%.
The graph shows the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported each day by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
The seven-day rolling positivity rate average is as low as it’s been since July 25, while Region 7 and Region 4 of the state’s reopening plan each saw decreases to their positivity rate as of Friday, Sept. 11.
Region 7, which includes Will and Kankakee counties, saw the seven-day average positivity rate decrease to 7.2%, which is still above the 6.5% threshold that will allow the rollback of some economic restrictions. Currently, the region is closed to indoor dining and bar services at restaurants and bars.
The graph depicts the COVID-19 positivity rate of test results reported over a 24-hour period as reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Region 4, which includes the Metro East area on the Missouri border near St. Louis, saw its rolling positivity rate decrease to 9.4%, marking three straight days of decreases.
Other regions ranged from 2.4% in eastern Illinois to 6.7% in Region 9, which includes McHenry and Lake counties in northern Illinois.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 41 deaths from Saturday to Monday, pushing the total casualty count to 8,314 since the pandemic first reached Illinois. There have been 262,744 confirmed cases among nearly 4.7 million tests completed.
The graph shows the number of COVID-19 tests completed each day (blue), next to the number of positive cases those tests yield (red), according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
The recovery rate for those 42 days removed from a positive diagnosis is 96 percent, according to IDPH.
At the end of Sunday, there were 1,431 persons hospitalized with COVID-19 in Illinois, including 334 in intensive care units and 131 on ventilators. The numbers remain slightly above their pandemic lows and are significant decreases from Friday.
Also on Monday, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority announced the release of more than $8 million to 11 organizations that are involved in communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
The funding came from the U.S. Bureau of Justice as part of a federal coronavirus supplemental program. Community-level data on positive COVID-19 cases, unemployment, housing, and reentry was considered in funding decisions, according to a news release.
The largest grant totaled $1.4 million and went to The Network, which advocates against domestic violence. Other grants went to the Children’s Advocacy Center of Illinois, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office for reentry housing, the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault and others.
The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is a state agency created in 1983 to improve the administration of criminal justice.
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Gov. Jim Thompson in Vienna.
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Former Gov. Jim Thompson in the Du Quoin State Fair parade in 1986.
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Gov. Jim Thompson receives the key to the Du Quoin State Fair in December 1985.
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Gov. Jim Thompson and his wife, Jayne, at the Du Quoin State Fair in August 1990.
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Governor Jim Thompson at Mary Lou's Grill in Carbondale.
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Mayor Paul Wilkey, of Nashville, shakes hands with Gov. Jim Thompson after the governor announced that Magna International will open a new plant in the city, employing about 600.
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Gov. Jim Thompson discusses renovation of the Du Quoin State Fair track with Rep. Wayne Goforth (second from left) and Rep. Jim Rea in 1985 shortly after announcing a deal for the state to take over the troubled fair from the Jabr family.
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Gov. Jim Thompson at Giant City State Park Lodge in Carbondale.
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Gov. Jim Thompson talks with Herrin Mayor Ed Quaglia in Herrin on Feb. 22, 1989.
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Gov. Jim Thompson at the Du Quoin State Fair parade in August 1986.
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Gov. Jim Thompson at a jewelry store in Herrin in January 1989.
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Gov. Jim Thompson is the longest serving governor in Illinois history. He served four consecutive terms, from 1977 to 1991.
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Gov. Jim Thompson speaking to a John A. Logan political science class in 1987.
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Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson (left) presides over presentation of the Hambletonian trophy to 1980 winner Billy Haughton (far right), who drove Burgomeister, owned by the estate of his son Peter, to the win over a field that included his younger son, Tom. It was the last running of the Hambletonian in Du Quoin.
