General Updates

 

Region 6 (without UIUC tests) remained at 10.0% (ending 11/2).   Vermilion County’s 7 day rolling average went down to 11.9%.  On 11/2, we only had a daily rate of 7.5.  This was also the first day we had the mobile testing clinic back in town.  The last time the mobile testing clinic was in town, we were able to get our 7-day rolling average under 8%.  I encourage anyone wanting to get tested this week, to do so.  The mobile clinic is here until Sunday at DACC.   

 

Tomorrow, IDPH will release the new update on County warning levels.  Since they will go by the week of 10/25-10/31, I will assume we will be back on the warning list due to just our positivity rate (on 10/31 it was 12%) and new case rate alone. 

 

COVID19 cases/deaths (Source:  John Hopkins)

Global confirmed:  48,450,292

Global Deaths:  1,229,671

US Confirmed:  9,537,515
US Deaths:  234,225

 

 

COVID19 updates on our webpage:  https://vchd.org/covid-19/

 

 

Mitigation Measures  (This is NOT Phase 3)

 

TIER ONE Mitigations

 

IDPH released guidance on Region 6 - https://dceocovid19resources.com/assets/Restore-Illinois/COVID-19-Resurgence-Migitations.pdf

Mitigation Q and A (begins on page 9): https://www2.illinois.gov/dceo/Documents/Essential%20Business%20FAQ.pdf

 

 

Update on Cases

 

Today’s Cases:  44 new cases and 35 were released out of isolation and 3 released out of the hospital.   Our active cases are now at 196 with 174 isolated at home and 25 hospitalized (6 new hospitalizations were added today).  We have 1 toddler, 1 preschooler, 4 grade school children, 3 teens, 7 in their 20s, 7 in their 30s, 5 in their 40s, 6 in their 50s, 4 in their 60s, 5 in their 70s, and 1 in their 90s. 

 

On IDPH’s release today, it lists 4 deaths in Vermilion County.  3 of those deaths were from this week that we reported on Monday and Wednesday.  We are still waiting on notification on residency on about 4-5 deaths that have occurred in the last week in either congregate settings or the hospitals.  We only report on deaths of Vermilion County residents.  So, if they were in a facility, but listed their home address on the death certificate in another county, we do not count that as a Vermilion County death. 

 

We also saw today’s state death count back to almost 100.  I cannot stress enough that we are back in the thick of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths and we need to tread carefully if we want to keep our healthcare providers and our hospitals from being overwhelmed. 

 

Outbreak Information

• There are increased cases or outbreaks in the following areas:
  • Congregate Living Facilities – both staff and residents
  • Large and Small Gatherings - small gatherings are especially cause for concern as people usually are around close friends and family when masks and social distancing are not being done.
  • Households – once it gets into a household, it spreads very quickly if the individuals cannot social distance and mask from each other. 
  • We have already had some possible exposures from Halloween. 
  • Industries
  • Workplaces
  • Schools / Daycares

 

 

Rumor Mill

 

• We had someone notify us that they were being told by health professionals that if you have the flu and get tested for COVID19, you will test positive because COVID19 is a flu virus strain.  THIS IS FALSE. 
  • The truth is:  While both can cause respiratory illnesses, they are completely different viruses.  There are many types of viruses out there and influenza and coronaviruses are just two of about 1 million various viruses out there.  So, if you have the flu and get tested for COVID19 but do not have COVID19, you will not test positive for COVID19 because you have the flu. It is possible to be infected with both the flu and COVID19 at the same time, but you would need to have BOTH a flu test and a COVID19 test to determine that. If you like to get into the nitty gritty of the differences, I have included information that gets pretty technical:
    • A coronavirus in an enveloped positive-sense RNA virus, which is characterized by club-like spikes that project from their surface, an unusually large RNA genome, and a unique replication strategy.  Under a microscope it appears to have small crowns surrounding it, hence the name “corona”.  Coronaviruses (CoVs) are the largest group of viruses belonging to the Nidovirales order, which includes Coronaviridae, Arteriviridae, Mesoniviridae, and Roniviridae families. The Coronavirinae comprise one of two subfamilies in the Coronaviridae family, with the other being the Torovirinae. The Coronavirinae are further subdivided into four genera, the alpha, beta, gamma, and delta coronaviruses. The viruses were initially sorted into these genera based on serology but are now divided by phylogenetic clustering.  (Source:  National Institutes of Health)
    • Human influenza viruses on the other hand belong to the Orthomyxoviridae family, which consists of the genera influenza A, B, and C virus, thogotovirus (carried by ticks, and infecting humans), and isavirus (infecting fish), as well as of a few other, newly described arboviruses. Only influenza A and B viruses cause epidemics in human beings.  Based on their main antigenic determinants, the haemagglutinin (H or HA) and neuraminidase (N or NA) transmembrane glycoproteins, influenza A viruses are further subdivided into 18 H (H1–H18) and 11 N (N1–N11) subtypes. Influenza A subtypes and B viruses are further classified by strains. The nomenclature for influenza virus isolates includes the influenza virus type (A or B), host species (omitted if human in origin), geographical site, serial number, year of isolation and, lastly, the H and N variants in brackets. Influenza viruses have a single-stranded, negative-sense RNA genome and a pleiomorphic (non-uniform) envelope with a diameter of 50–120 nm. HA and NA glycoproteins form “spikes” that are spread over the surface of the viral particle. The influenza A and B virus genomes consist of 8 separate segments, each coding for 1 or several functionally important proteins required for virus entry, replication or virus structure.  (Source:  WHO)

 

 

 

Statistics

Vermilion County

Total Negatives:  39,665

Total positives: 1822

 

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 (ending on 11/2)

Test Positivity 7 Day Rolling Average: 9 days of positivity currently at 10.0% 

Hospital Admissions 7 Day Rolling Average:  4 days of hospital admission increases 

Med Surge Bed Availability:  34% 

ICU Bed Availability:  38%

For Regional Metrics, including the breakdown by county:  http://www.dph.illinois.gov/regionmetrics

 

Testing Information

 

• COVID-19 Mobile Testing Van at DACC (2000 E. Main St. Danville) in their north parking lot from 9-4:30
  • 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.  If you are not registered in redcap, you MUST create an account and begin to enter your results.  https://redcap.dph.illinois.gov/ This is crucial that our county accounts for every test we do.   

 

Vaccination Plans  (no set dates at this time) http://www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19/vaccination-plan

• • If you plan on dispensing, please make sure that you are signed up in ICARE for COIVD19.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

 

Updated/New Guidance

 

• Nothing new at this time

 

Flu Shots

 

We will have drive-thru flu clinics on the following days HERE at the Vermilion County Health Department.

• November 6 (Fri) 1:00 - 4:00
• November 7 (Sat) 9:00 - noon

 

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. REMINDER:  We want it to be UNDER 8%.  You will have to scroll down all the way to see them. http://www.dph.illinois.gov/regionmetrics?regionID=6