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COVID-19 numbers: Jan. 6

Wednesday, Jan. 6

Region 10 (includes H-F)

Positve test rate: 10% ↑
Consecutive days under 12% test positivity: 20

Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 5

Consecutive days med/surge beds over 20% threshold: 5

(Source: IDPH. Updated Jan. 3)

Homewood

Cases: 1,233 (+9)
(since the pandemic began)
Deaths: 45 (+1)
Case rate: 62.93 per 1,000 people
Case trend: 54 new cases last week | +2% ↓
(past 2 weeks compared to previous 2 weeks)

Flossmoor

Cases: 573 (+5)
(since the pandemic began)
Deaths: 13
Case rate: 59.70 per 1,000 people
Case trend: 19 new cases last week | +37% ↑
(past 2 weeks compared to previous 2 weeks)

Source: Cook County Department of Public Health (Updated Jan. 5)

Suburban Cook County

Cases: 181,356 (+1,286)
Deaths: 3,439 (+16)

Source: Cook County Public Health (Updated Jan. 6)

Cook County

Cases: 403,987
Deaths: 8,523

Source: Johns Hopkins University & Medical Center Coronavirus Resource Center (Updated Jan.6)

Illinois

New cases today: 7,569
New deaths today: 126
New tests today: 87,083
Positive test rate: 8.4% ↓
Total cases: 999,288
Total deaths: 17,096
Recovery rate: 97%

(Source: IDPH. Updated Jan. 6)

This graph shows trends in cases (the dark line) and deaths (the gold bars) in Illinois since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The two reports are at different scales but show the trajectories in each category.

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