The D115 Dashboard has been updated for the week of March 5, 2021, to reflect the latest information from our schools and local health departments. As of March 3, 2021, the incidence rate for Lake County is 10.52 percent and the incidence rate for 60045 is 10.14 percent. The seven day rolling average for new cases on March 3, 2021 was 74 and the test positivity rate was down to 2.9 percent.
Vaccine Update
Vaccine supplies in Lake County for the week of 3/1 - 3/7 have increased to 9600 doses. The Lake County Health Department (LCHD) continues to offer appointments to individuals in Phase 1a and 1b. They will begin offering vaccines to individuals in “Phase 1b plus” when the supply of the vaccines exceeds demands in the current phase; or when 60-70% of the persons in the current phase are vaccinated. “Phase 1b plus” includes individuals ages 16-64 with comorbidities, high-risk health conditions, and disabilities. To date, there have been 78,942 doses administered in Lake County and a total of 2,993,543 vaccine doses administered in the State of Illinois.
Updated Data Tracking
The Lake County Health Department (LCHD) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently released updated versions of their data hubs. The LCHD site launched 2 new visualizations that allow users to toggle between the percent change and prevalence. They also added an Under 18 category that includes incidence rates subdivided into 4 different age groups under 18.
The CDC updated their COVID Data Tracker to allow users to see the level of community transmission by county, as well as other COVID-related data and trends across the United States. Their website is updated daily by 8 pm ET, and is currently more up-to-date than the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) county-level metrics.
