Vaccination progress (full doses): South District Suburban Region State 11.9% 14.4% 17.75% Region 10 (includes H-F) Positive test rate: 4.8% ↑ Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 72 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 91 Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (Source: IDPH. Updated March 29) Homewood Cases: 1,537 (+5) (since[Read More…]
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COVID-19 numbers: April 1
Vaccination progress (full doses): South District Suburban Region State 11.4% 13.8% 17.3% Region 10 (includes H-F) Positive test rate: 5% ↑ Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 71 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 90 Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (Source: IDPH. Updated March 29) Homewood Cases: 1,532 (+4) (since[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: March 31
Vaccination progress (full doses): South District Suburban Region State 11.4% 13.8% 16.96% Region 10 (includes H-F) Positive test rate: 4.9% ↑ Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 70 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 89 Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (Source: IDPH. Updated March 28) Homewood Cases: 1,528 (+2) (since the[Read More…]
Clone of COVID-19 numbers: March 30
Vaccination progress (full doses): South District Suburban Region State 11.2% 13.5% 16.56% Region 10 (includes H-F) Positive test rate: 4.8% ↑ Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 69 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 88 Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (Source: IDPH. Updated March 27) Homewood Cases: 1,526 (+3) (since the[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: March 29
Vaccination progress (full doses): South District Suburban Region State 11% 13.3% 16.34% Region 10 (includes H-F) Positive test rate: 4.7% ↑ Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 68 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 87 Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (Source: IDPH. Updated March 26) Homewood Cases: 1,523 (+13) (since[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: March 28
Vaccination progress (full doses): South District Suburban Region State 10.4% 12.7% 16.2% Region 10 (includes H-F) Positive test rate: 4.5% ↑ Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 67 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 86 Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (Source: IDPH. Updated March 25) Homewood Cases: 1,510 (since the[Read More…]
State health officials ramp up vaccinations as infections begin to rise again
After dropping steadily from a mid-November high numbers, the statewide COVID-19 positivity and hospitalization rates began to edge back up in recent days, causing concern among state health officials. To address a possible trend, officials announced on Friday the launch of Rapid Response Vaccination Teams to five counties and the[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: March 27
Vaccination progress (full doses): South District Suburban Region State 10.4% 12.7% 15.83% Region 10 (includes H-F) Positive test rate: 4.3% ↑ Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 66 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 85 Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (Source: IDPH. Updated March 24) Homewood Cases: 1,510 (since the[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: March 26
Vaccination progress (full doses): South District Suburban Region State 10.4% 12.7% 15.41% Region 10 (includes H-F) Positive test rate: 4.1% ↑ Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 65 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 84 Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (Source: IDPH. Updated March 23) Homewood Cases: 1,510 (+3) (since the[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: March 25
Vaccination progress (full doses): South District Suburban Region State 10.1% 12.4% 15.09% Region 10 (includes H-F) Positive test rate: 3.7% Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 64 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 83 Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (Source: IDPH. Updated March 22) Homewood Cases: 1,510 (+3) (since the[Read More…]


