Illinois surpasses 400K total cases of COVID-19, health officials announce 6,943 new cases, 36 additional deaths

Posted: Oct 30, 2020 / 12:09 PM CDT

Updated: Oct 30, 2020 / 03:10 PM CDT

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CHICAGO — The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 6,943 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, including 36 additional deaths as the state marked a new daily testing high of 95,111.

The deaths were reported in the following counties:

Adams County: 1 male 90s
Carroll County: 1 female 80s
Christian County: 1 male 50s
Cook County: 1 male 40s, 1 female 50s, 1 male 50s, 1 female 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 female 90s
DuPage County: 1 male 60s, 1 female 70s
Fulton County: 1 male 70s
Greene County: 2 females 90s
LaSalle County: 1 female 80s, 1 female 90s
Livingston County: 1 male 60s
Macon County: 1 female 70s
Madison County: 1 male 70s
McDonough County: 1 male 60s
Morgan County: 1 male 80s
Peoria County: 1 female 90s
Piatt County: 1 female 90s
Saline County: 1 female 70s, 1 female 90s
St. Clair County: 1 male 70s
Tazewell County: 1 male 60s
Wayne County: 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s
White County: 1 male 80s
Will County: 2 males 70s, 1 female 80s, 2 females 90s
Winnebago County: 1 female 70s

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 402,401 cases, including 9,711 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois.

The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from October 23 to October 29 is 7.3%. This is the number that IDPH has been consistently reporting in daily releases and is calculated using total cases over total tests.

IDPH has also been using test positivity for regional mitigation metrics since mid-July. Test positivity is calculated using the number of COVID-19 positive tests over total tests. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from October 23 to October 29 is 8.5%.

As of Thursday night, 3,092 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 673 patients were in the ICU and 288 patients were on ventilators.

The surge in cases has caused mitigation measures across 11 of the 12 regions designated to track the spread of COVID-19 in Illinois in the ‘Restore Illinois’ plan, with the City of Chicago facing new mitigation measures starting Friday.

Chicago posted notable increases in both seven-day positivity rate and hospital admissions for COVID-19-like illness, metrics that trigger warning levels and new mitigation measures.

The Tier 1 restrictions will remain in effect for Chicago until: