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DeWitt County Reporting 2 New Cases; Piatt County 4

Two new cases of the coronavirus in DeWitt County and four new cases in Piatt County were confirmed Saturday.

 

One case in DeWitt County is a 21-year-old female healthcare worker who was exposed to a co-worker and a household confirmed case. The case is being managed by the Employer's Occupational Health. The other new case is a 49-year-old female with mild symptoms with an unknown etiology. The previous hospitalized case in DeWitt County returned home Saturday and is on isolation. There are currently 0 hospitalizations in DeWitt County.

 

Two new cases in Piatt County are from the same household: a 27-year-old asymptomatic male and a 29-year-old asymptomatic male. A 51-year-old male who is asymptomatic is pending a third test result as he believes he does not have COVID-19 with no known exposures. The fourth case is a 47-year-old female with mild symptoms that are improving. She is a contact of a confirmed case form a different county.

 

The cases have been informed of their isolation obligation and report to the health department daily. All identified close contacts have been notified, are quarantined, and are being monitored daily.

 

IDPH on Saturday announced 1,384 new confirmed cases of coronavirus including 22 additional confirmed deaths. 

 

Community-based and mobile testing sites have increased access to COVID-19 testing throughout the state, resulting in over 40,000 specimens tested for the second consecutive day. Mobile testing sites will continue to visit counties in Illinois to ensure all residents have access to COVID-19 testing in their communities.

 

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 159,334 cases, including 7,272 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years.  Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 43,692 specimens for a total of 2,166,299.  The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of the total test from July 10–July 16 is 3.0%.  As of last night, 1,431 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19.  Of those, 309 patients were in the ICU and 128 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

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