Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is scheduled to present an replace Wednesday on the “newest COVID-19 surge” within the state.
Particulars on what precisely Pritzker plans to debate stay unclear, however the deal with is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. from Chicago’s James R. Thompson Middle. (Watch stay within the participant above)
The state of Illinois reported greater than 28,000 new circumstances of COVID-19 on Tuesday, with almost 350,000 checks carried out as officers proceed to deal with the virulent omicron variant.
In accordance with the Illinois Division of Public Well being, a complete of 28,110 new confirmed and possible circumstances of COVID had been reported within the final 24 hours statewide.
In all, 2,488,380 circumstances of the virus have been reported because the pandemic started, and the state is now averaging 32,173 circumstances of COVID every day over the past week, a brand new record-high.
Officers say that 92 further deaths had been additionally reported within the final 24 hours, bringing the state to twenty-eight,660 in the course of the pandemic. One other 3,368 deaths have been categorised as “possible” COVID-19 fatalities, in keeping with IDPH information.
The state’s positivity charges dropped for the second consecutive day, with 12% of all COVID checks coming again with constructive outcomes and 16.9% of all people examined returning constructive outcomes.
The state did set one other hospitalization document on Tuesday, with 7,353 Illinois hospital sufferers at present contaminated with the virus. Of these sufferers, 1,152 are in intensive care unit beds, in keeping with well being information.
Pritzker’s deal with will come sooner or later after Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced she tested positive for the virus. The governor tweeted Tuesday that the announcement ought to encourage others to get vaccinated and boosted.
“I encourage all Illinoisans to observe within the Mayor’s footsteps and get vaccinated, get boosted, and get examined – it is how we carry this pandemic to an finish,” he wrote on Twitter.
Pritzker additionally worked remotely last week after coming into shut contact with a state worker who later examined constructive for coronavirus.
