Illinois reports 1,853 new coronavirus cases, 14 more deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday reported 1,853 newly diagnosed cases of COVID-19, raising the state’s confirmed coronavirus total to 303,984.
Public health officials also reported 14 additional confirmed COVID-19 deaths, raising that total to 8,805.
The latest daily number of COVID-19 infection was the result of 38,538 tests. The seven-day positivity for cases as a percent of total tests from Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 is 3.4%.
Public health officials report 1,631 people were hospitalized late Sunday with COVID-19, with 382 patients in intensive care units and 155 patients on ventilators.
The new numbers came as Northwestern Medicine in Chicago announced a study they conducted found 82% of those hospitalized with COVID-19 have experienced neurological symptoms. The most frequent neurological symptoms were muscle pain, headaches, and encephalopathy or altered brain functions, which range from mild confusion to being in a coma.
“This is the first study of its kind in the United States,” says Igor Koralnik, MD, chief of neuro-infectious diseases and global neurology at Northwestern Medicine. He also oversees the Neuro COVID-19 Clinic at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The study looked at 509 COVID-19 patients at Northwestern Medicine hospitals in the Chicago area, officials said.