The Daily Illini COVID-19 updates for May 13: 192 new virus deaths in Illinois
May 14, 2020
Wednesday marked Illinois’ deadliest 24-hour period for the coronavirus so far, with 192 new deaths from COVID-19.
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District announced 14 more cases of the coronavirus in Champaign County on Wednesday, pushing the countywide total to 322 cases.
Of the 322 cases, 147 are active, 168 have recovered and seven have died. Three people with active cases are currently hospitalized. Around 5.14% of Champaign County’s 6,298 tests have proved positive.
About 9.5% of Illinois’ 17,668 new tests proved positive on Wednesday, while 6.3% of 336,901 tests were positive in the U.S.
County health officials recommend anyone with symptoms — fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, fatigue and loss of taste or smell — to get tested.
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Confirmed cases of coronavirus as of May 12, 11:30 p.m. CDT
Numbers in (+) indicate increases from the previous day
World: 4,347,921 cases (+85,870); 297,197 deaths (+5,506); 1,549,343 recoveries (+55,893)
United States: 1,390,734 cases (+21,250); 84,119 deaths (+6,939); 243,430 recoveries (+13,143) with 9,974,831 tested (+336,901)
Illinois: 84,698 cases (+1,677); 3,792 deaths (+192) with 489,359 tested (+17,668)
Chicago: 33,074 cases (+517); 1,493 deaths (+52)
Champaign County: 322 cases (+14); 7 deaths; 168 recoveries (+13) with 6,298 tested (+309)
Numbers from Johns Hopkins University’s COVID-19 Map, coronavirus.illinois.gov and c-uphd.org
