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COVID-19 numbers: March 8

This graph shows the state’s progress in receiving and administering COVID-19 vaccines. The scale on the right is the measure of vaccine doses received. The scale on the left is the measure of doses administered and the seven-day rolling average of administered doses.

Region 10 (includes H-F)

Positve test rate: 3.2%
Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 47

Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 66

Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 182

(Source: IDPH. Updated March 5)

Homewood

Cases: 1,473 (+3)
(since the pandemic began)
Deaths: 51
Case rate: 76.23 per 1,000 people
Case trend: +29% 
(past 2 weeks compared to previous 2 weeks)

Flossmoor

Cases: 687 (0)
(since the pandemic began)
Deaths: 14
Case rate: 72.59 per 1,000 people
Case trend: -33%
(past 2 weeks compared to previous 2 weeks)

Source: Cook County Department of Public Health (Updated March 8)

Suburban Cook County

Cases: 215,182
Deaths: 4,037
375,366 (People with at least 1 vaccine dose)
163,610 (People who have completed vaccine series)
16.5% (Percentage of population with at least 1 dose)
7.2% (Percentage of population completed series)
Source: Cook County Public Health (Updated March 8)

Cook County

Cases: 478,884
Deaths: 9,456
Source: Johns Hopkins University & Medical Center Coronavirus Resource Center (Updated March 8)

Illinois

New cases today: 1,182
New deaths today: 5
Vaccination (percent of state population): 9.04%

Total vaccine doses received: 4,268,375
Total vaccine doses administered: 3,387,778
7-day rolling average of doses administered: 90,135

New tests today: 39,636
Positive test rate: 2.3% 
Total cases: 1,199,517
Total deaths: 20,767
Recovery rate: 98%

(Source: IDPH. Updated March 8)

This graph shows trends in cases (the dark line) and deaths (the gold bars) in Illinois since the beginning of the year. The two reports are at different scales but show the trajectories in each category. The scale for cases (thousands) is on the right. The scale for deaths (hundreds) is on the left.

This graph shows state hospitalizations (the blue line), the number of people in intensive care units (ICU, the yellow bars) and the number of people on ventilators (green bars) since the beginning of the year.

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