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COVID-19 numbers: Jan. 7

Thursday, Jan. 7

Region 10 (includes H-F)

Positve test rate: 10.4% ↑
Consecutive days under 12% test positivity: 21

Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 6

Consecutive days med/surge beds under 20% threshold: 1

(Source: IDPH. Updated Jan. 4)

Homewood

Cases: 1,244 (+11)
(since the pandemic began)
Deaths: 45
Case rate: 64.38 per 1,000 people
Case trend: 45 new cases last week | -4% ↓
(past 2 weeks compared to previous 2 weeks)

Flossmoor

Cases: 575 (+2)
(since the pandemic began)
Deaths: 13
Case rate: 60.76 per 1,000 people
Case trend: 19 new cases last week | +33% ↓
(past 2 weeks compared to previous 2 weeks)

Source: Cook County Department of Public Health (Updated Jan. 7)

Suburban Cook County

Cases: 182,895 (+1,539)
Deaths: 3,462 (+23)

Source: Cook County Public Health (Updated Jan. 7)

Cook County

Cases: 406,674
Deaths: 8,574

Source: Johns Hopkins University & Medical Center Coronavirus Resource Center (Updated Jan.7)

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. 7)

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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