COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois
| COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois | |
|---|---|
 Confirmed cases per capita: 1,000+
500–1,000
200–500
100–200
50–100
20–50
10–20
0–10
No confirmed new cases or no/bad data | |
 Deaths per capita: 10,000+
3,000–10,000
1,000–3,000
300–1,000
100–300
30–100
0–30
No confirmed infected or no data | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Illinois, United States |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Chicago |
| Arrival date | January 24, 2020 (4 years, 3 months and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 894,367 [1][2] |
| Hospitalized cases | 4,624 [lower-roman 1][3] |
| Critical cases | 1,000 |
| Ventilator cases | 562 |
| Recovered | 98% (recovery rate) |
Deaths | 15,123 |
| Government website | |
| Illinois Department of Public Health: Coronavirus Disease 2019 | |
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic began in the U.S. state of Illinois on January 24, 2020, when a woman in Chicago, who had just returned from the pandemic's place of origin in Wuhan, Hubei, China.[4] This was the second case of COVID-19 in the United States during the pandemic. The woman's husband was diagnosed with the disease a few days later, the first known case of human-to-human transmission in the United States.
In mid-March, as the number of known cases rose into the double digits, Governor J. B. Pritzker issued a state of emergency. The state closed all schools and colleges, ordering a stop to eviction enforcements, ordering all bars and restaurants closed to sit-in diners, and otherwise restricting large gatherings of people.[5] At first declared between the dates of March 21 and April 7, the order was later extended until April 30, then May 29.[6]
During December 2020, Illinois experienced the second highest number of deaths per week.[7][8] As of January 2021, Illinois has the fifth highest number of confirmed cases in the United States.[7]
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ Number includes confirmed COVID cases along with persons under investigation (PUI) admitted into hospitals.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Illinois Test Results". Illinois Department of Public Health. Archived from the original on March 14, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ↑ "COVID-19 Statistics | IDPH". www.dph.illinois.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "COVID-19 Hospitalization Utilization". Illinois Department of Public Health. Archived from the original on April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Chicago woman infects husband with coronavirus, US issues travel warning". WGN9 TV. Chicago. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ↑ "Executive Order to Expand Telehealth Services and Protect Health Care Providers in Response to COVID-19 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 8)". Official State of Illinois Website. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ↑ Sfondeles, Tina (March 31, 2020). "26 more coronavirus deaths in Illinois with Pritzker set to extend stay-at-home order through April". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Column: Gov. Pritzker, don't go soft in the fight against COVID-19". Chicago Tribune.
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