SPRINGFIELD (WSIL) 鈥� The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced 461 new cases of the coronavirus COVID-19. Seven new deaths are also being reported, including the death of an incarcerated man from Stateville Correctional Center.
IDPH says 12 men who were incarcerated at Stateville are now hospitalized, including several requiring ventilators. According to health officials, 77 more incarcerated individuals with symptoms are isolated at the facility. Eleven staff members are also being isolated.
The Illinois Department of Corrections says staff who work with individuals in isolation and quarantine, as well as in the health center, are wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE), and all staff are wearing some PPE.
Correctional centers with a confirmed case of COVID-19 are placed on lockdown, meaning no movement around the facility except for medical care.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 5,057 cases, including 73 deaths, in 52 counties in Illinois.
For health questions about COVID-19, call the hotline at 1-800-889-3931 or email dph.sick@illinois.gov.
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For all personal protective equipment (PPE) donations, email PPE.donations@illinois.gov.
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