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COVID-19 numbers: April 20

Vaccination progress (full doses):

South District Suburban Region State
18% 22.7%

26.81%

Region 10 (includes H-F)

Positive test rate: 5.4% ↓
Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 90

Consecutive days ICU beds UNDER 20% threshold: 8 (19%)

Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (30+ days of increases)

(Source: IDPH. Updated April 20)

Homewood

Cases: 1,618 (+17)
(since the pandemic began)
Deaths: 52
Case rate: 83.73 per 1,000 people
Case trend: +41% ↓
(past 2 weeks compared…

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