Update on Cases
5 new cases and 4 releases today. This brings our total of active cases to 27. Twenty-six of the active cases are at home in isolation and we have one case still hospitalized at this moment. None of the new cases are hospitalized. 1 case in their 20s, 1 case in their 30s, 1 case in their 60s, and 2 cases in their 70s. 2 of the cases share a household and recently traveled and 1 case is connected to a prior case.
Statistics
Vermilion County
We have received 18,804 total tests (18,501 negatives and 303 positives).
For Vermilion County our overall positivity rate is at 1.61%.
Death Rate is .99%
Positivity Rate from 8/9 – 8/15: We increased to 2.7% from 1.8% the prior week.
New cases from 8/9 – 8/15: We increased to 43 per 100,000 from 29 per 100,000 the prior week
For All the County Metrics: http://www.dph.illinois.gov/countymetrics
Regionally (Region 6)
Positivity Rate: on the test positivity 7 day rolling average, we increased slightly to 1.7%, but still have only 2 days of increases. We are maintaining at 1 day of hospital admission increases.
For Regional Metrics: http://www.dph.illinois.gov/regionmetrics