Local News

COVID-19 numbers: Jan. 28

This graph shows the state’s progress in receiving and administering COVID-19 vaccines. The scale on the right is the measure of vaccine doses received. The scale on the left is the measure of doses administered and the seven-day rolling average of administered doses.

Region 10 (includes H-F)

Positve test rate: 6.8% ↓
Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 7

Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 27

Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 144

Advertisement

(Source: IDPH. Updated Jan. 25)

Homewood

Cases: 1,375 (+7)
(since the pandemic began)
Deaths: 46
Case rate: 71.16 per 1,000 people
Case trend: 41 new cases last week | +2% ↑
(past 2 weeks compared to previous 2 weeks)

Flossmoor

Cases: 642 
(since the pandemic began)
Deaths: 13
Case rate: 67.84 per 1,000 people
Case trend: 26 new cases last week | -13% ↓
(past 2 weeks compared to previous 2 weeks)

Source: Cook County Department of Public Health (Updated Jan. 28)

Suburban Cook County

Cases: 201,028
Deaths: 3,749
109,338 (People with at least 1 vaccine dose)
30,159 (People who have completed vaccine series)
4.8% (Percentage of population with at least 1 dose)
1.3% (Percentage of population completed series)
Source: Cook County Public Health (Updated Jan. 28)

Cook County

Cases: 448,546
Deaths: 9,305
Source: Johns Hopkins University & Medical Center Coronavirus Resource Center (Updated Jan.28)

Illinois

New cases today: 4,191  
New deaths today: 103   
Vaccination: 1.4%

Total vaccine doses received: 1,789,175
Total vaccine doses administered: 829,488
7-day rolling average of doses administered: 36,728

New tests today: 100,119
Positive test rate: 4.3% ↓
Total cases: 1,116,372
Total deaths: 19,067
Recovery rate: 98%

(Source: IDPH. Updated Jan. 28)

This graph shows trends in cases (the dark line) and deaths (the gold bars) in Illinois since the beginning of the year. The two reports are at different scales but show the trajectories in each category. The scale for cases (thousands) is on the right. The scale for deaths (hundreds) is on the left.

This graph shows state hospitalizations (the blue line), the number of people in intensive care units (ICU, the yellow bars) and the number of people on ventilators (green bars) since the beginning of the year.

News by email

Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.
Name

Free weekly newsletter

Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.
Name
Most read stories this week