Region 6 (without UIUC tests) stayed 7.6% (ending 10/17).
Vermilion County’s 7-Day rolling average is 9.5%.
FLU in the United States: For week 41 (ending 10/10/20), only 1.2% of patient visits were due to Influenza-like-symptoms. This is below the national baseline of 2.6%. Right now flu activity remains low. Illinois continues to see minimal flu activity at this point.
For week 41, 7.2% of deaths were due to Pneumonia, Influenza, and COVID19 (PIC). This is above the epidemic threshold of 5.7% for week 41. For more information: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm
Current Flu Activity Map
Update on Cases
Today’s Cases: 21 new cases and 51 were released out of isolation. This puts our active cases at 192 with 8 in the hospital and 184 at home in isolation. None of our new cases from today are hospitalized. We have 1 grade school child, 4 their 20s, 1 in their 30s, 3 in their 40s, 7 in their 50s, 4 in their 60s, 1 in their 90s. 6 of our new cases are family or household contacts. We have had a few nursing home cases (staff/residents) as well and we are still catching up with our current case load.
Statistics
Vermilion County
Total Negatives: 34,163
Total positives: 1335
For All the County Metrics: http://www.dph.illinois.gov/countymetrics
For County and School Metrics: http://www.dph.illinois.gov/countyschool?county=Vermilion
Regionally (Region 6) EXCLUDING UIUC Testing
Test Positivity 7 Day Rolling Average: 6 days of positivity currently at 7.6%
Hospital Admissions 7 Day Rolling Average: 6 days of hospital admission increases
Med Surge Bed Availability: 34%
ICU Bed Availability: 46%
For Regional Metrics, including the breakdown by county: http://www.dph.illinois.gov/regionmetrics
Testing Information
- Mobile Testing Van coming (all at VCHD and from 9-4:30)
- 10/19-10/25
- 11/2 – 11/8
- IMPORTANT: If your agency is doing any testing, please make sure that your negative and positive results are being submitted through IDPH’s redcap system. This is crucial that our county accounts for every test we do.
New/Helpful Guidance
- COVID19 Election Day Guidance: https://www.dph.illinois.gov/2020election
- It is important to remember that you cannot deny someone from voting if they do not comply with the mask requirements.
Charts
Positivity Rates: This can also be found at the following link if you want to see the other counties that are in our region. You will have to scroll down all the way to see them. http://www.dph.illinois.gov/regionmetrics?regionID=6
