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Illinois reports 891 new COVID-19 cases; 42 deaths

The State Journal-Register - 5/27/2021

May 28—Cases of COVID-19 in Illinois continued their decline Thursday as case positivity rates reached levels not seen since the beginning of the pandemic.

The Illinois Department of Public Health said that 891 cases were reported on Thursday, the fourth time in the last five days that daily caseloads totaled less than 1,000 people. There were 42 new deaths including a Montgomery County woman in her 60s.

The positivity rate ticked down once again to 2.5% with the rate as a percentage of total tests declining to 1.9%, the lowest since the state started calculating that percentage last March. The previous low was set back in July 2020, when that rate bottomed out at 2.5% before going back up in the months to come. The peak was set in April 2020, during the earliest days of the pandemic when testing was not readily available and many cases were being missed.

Sangamon County reported 12 new positive cases with no additional deaths. Menard County saw one new case with no additional deaths.

Among vaccinations, the average number ticked downward with the seven-day average sitting at 67,485 shots per day. IDPH reported 63,717 vaccinations Thursday, with 11,113,382 shots being administered since December.

The state has fully vaccinated 5,175,214 people, representing 40.62% of the population. IDPH also said that CDC data reported 66% of adults had received at least one dose of the vaccine, with 49% having been fully vaccinated.

angamon County reported 588 vaccinations Thursday, in line with the seven-day average of 598 shots per day. Overall, the county has administered 174,959 shots, with 84,416 people having been fully vaccinated, representing 43.21% of the population. That's the third-highest percentage in the state, behind DuPage County at 48.11% and Cook County — excluding Chicago — at 43.42%.

The Illinois Supreme Court also announced Thursday that courts could allow people to go maskless in their buildings, provided that they were vaccinated.

Over the past year, "the Court has done its best to follow the most recent advice from the relevant health professionals," said Chief Justice Anne Burke. "We have revised our order to account for this change in CDC guidance."

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