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COVID-19 numbers: April 5

Vaccination progress (full doses):

South District Suburban Region State
12% 14.7% 18.69%

Region 10 (includes H-F)

Positive test rate: 5.1% ↑
Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 75

Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 94

Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187

(Source: IDPH. Updated April 5)

Homewood

Cases: 1,549 (+12)
(since the pandemic began)
Deaths: 51
Case rate: 80.16 per 1,000 people
Case trend: +114% 
(past 2 weeks compared to previous 2 weeks)

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