Local Foodborne Illness?

Cases of foodborne illness confirmed in Illinois; Possible link to packaged salads

June 20, 20201:10 pmDevin BrooksTOP NEWS STORIES,TOP STORIES

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SPRINGFIELD (WREX) — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is investigating a foodborne illness outbreak after learning more than a dozen people are infected with the disease.

IDPH announced on Saturday an investigation has been launched after learning 23 confirmed cases of people infected with cyclosporiasis.

The disease is an intestinal illness caused by the microscopic Cyclospora parasite.

According to IDPH, patients reported feeling sick since the middle of May in counties across Illinois.

Public health officials believe the disease is linked to store-brand packaged garden salads from Aldi, Hy-Vee and Jewel-Osco grocery stores in Illinois.

“Although a link has been made to Cyclospora in some Illinois cases, public health officials continue to investigate other sources,” said IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike. “If you consumed store brand packaged garden salads since May and then developed watery diarrhea, please contact a health care provider about testing and treatment.”

People can become infected by food or water contaminated with feces (stool) that contains the parasite. Cyclospora is not spread directly from one person to another, IDPH says.

Officials say symptoms usually begin about a week after exposure, although some people who are infected may not have any noticeable symptoms.

Symptoms may include the following:

• Frequent bouts of watery diarrhea (the most common symptom)
• Loss of appetite
• Weight loss
• Cramping, bloating, and/or increased gas
• Nausea (vomiting is less common)
• Fatigue
• Low-grade fever

Cyclospora infection can be treated with specific antibiotics.  If not treated, the illness may last for a few days to a month or longer, officials say.

Past cyclosporiasis cases have been linked to various types of fresh produce including raspberries, basil, snow peas and lettuce.

More information can be found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

The stores are cooperating with the state health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration investigation.

Above is from: https://wrex.com/2020/06/20/cases-of-foodborne-illness-confirmed-in-illinois-possible-link-to-packaged-salads/

June 20: 634 new COVID-19 cases in Illinois

COVID-19

Positive (Confirmed)

136,104  +634

Deaths

6625 +45

Total Tests

1,336,968  +25,956

Total Cases

(136,104  6-20-2020) (135,470  6-19-2020) (134,778  6-18-2020) (134,185  6-17-2020) (133,639  6-16-2020} (133,016  6-15-2020) (132,543  6-14-2020) (131,871  6-13-2020) (131,198  6-12-2020) (130,603  6-11-2020) (129,837  (6-10-2020)  (129,212  6-9-2020) (128,415  6-8-2020) (127,757  6-7-2020) (126,890  6-6-2020) (125,915  6-5-2020) (124,759  6-4-2020) (123,830  6-3-2020) (122,848  6-2-2020) (121,234  6-1-2020) (120,260  5-31-2020) (118,917  5-30-3030) (117,455  5-29-2020) 115,833  5-28-2020) (114,306  5-27-2020) (113,195  5-26-2020)(112,017  2-25-2020) (110,304  5-24-2020) (107,796  5-23-2020) (105,444  5-22-2020) (102,686 5-21-2020) 100,418  5-20-2020) (98,030  5-19-2020) (96,485  5-18-2020)  (94,191  5-17-2020)  (92,457  5-16-2020) (90,369 5-15-2020) (87,937  5-14-2020) (84,698  5-13-2020) (83,021  5-12-2020)(79,007  5-11-2020) (77,741 5-10-2020)  (76,085  5-9-2020)(73,760  5-8-2020)(70,873 5-7-2020)(68,232  5-6-2020) (65,962  5-5-2020)  (63,840  5-4-2020) (61,499 5-3-2020) (58,505  5-2-2020)  56,055 5-1-2020) (52,918  4-30-2020) (50,355  4-29-3030) (48,102 4-28-2020) (45,883  4-27-2020) (43,903  4-26-2020) ( 41,777  4-25-2020) (39,658  4-24-2020)  (36,934 ^4-23-2020)  (35,108 4-22-2020)(33,059  4-21-2020) (31,508  4-20-2020) (30,357 4-19-2020)  (29,160  4-18-2020)  (27,575  4-17-2020) (25,733  4-16-2020)  (24,593 4-15-2020)  (23,247 4-14-2020)  (22,025 4-13-2020)  (20,852 4-12-2020) (19,180 4-11-2020 ) (17,887 4-10-2020) (16,422 4-9-2020) (15,078 4-8-2020) (13,549 4-7-2020) (12,262 4-6-2020) (11,256 4-5-2020) (10,357 4/4/2020) (8,904-- 4/3/2020) (7,695-- 4/2/2020)   (6,980-- 4/1/2020) (5,994-- 3/31/2020)  (5,05--7 3/30/2020) (4,596-- 3/29/2020)

Deaths

(6625  6-20-2020) (6580  6-19-2020) (6537  6-18-2020) (6485  6-17-2020) (6398  6-16-2020) (6326  6*15*2020) (6308  6-14-2020) (6289  6-13-2020)  (6260  6-12-2020) (6185  6-11-2020) (6095  6-10-2020) (6018  6-9-2020) (5924  6-8-2020) (5904  6-7-2020) (5864  6-6-2020) (5795  6-5-2020) (5739  6-4-2020) (5621  6-3-2020) (5525  6-2-2020) (5412  6-1-2020)   ((5390  5-31-2020)  (5330  5-30-2020) (5270  5-29-2020)  (5186  5-28-2020) (5083  5-27-2020) (4923  5-26-2020) (4884  5-25-2020) (4856  5-24-2020) (4790 5-23-2020) (4713  5-22-2020) (4607  5-21-2020) (4525 5-20-2020)(4,379 5-19-2020) (4,234  5-18-2020) (4,177  5-17-2020) (4129 5-16-2020) (4,058  5-15-2020) (3,928  5-14-2020) (3,792 5-13-2020) (3,601 5-12-2020)  (3,459  5-11-2020) (3,406 5-10-2020) (3349 5-9-2020) (3,241 5-8-2020) (3,111  5-7-2020)(2,974  5-6-2020) ((2,838 5-5-2020)  (2662 5-4-2020) (2,618 5-3-2020) (2,559 5-2-2020) (2,457 5-1-2020) (2,355  4-30-2020) (2,215  4-29-2020)  (2,125  4-28-2020) (1,983  4-27-2020) (1,933 4-26-2020 )(1,874  4-25-2020) 1,795  4-22-2020) (1,688  2-23-2020) (1,585 4-22-2020) (1,468  4-21-2020) (1,349 4-20-2020)(1,290 4-18-2020)  (1,259  4-18-2020) (1,134  4-17-2020) (1,072  4-16-2020) (948 4-15-2020)  (866 4-14-2020) (794 4-13-2020)  (720 4-12-2020) (677 4-11-2020)(596 4-10-2020) (528 4-9-2020) (462 4-8-2020) (380 4-7-2020)(307 4-6-2020) (274 4-5-2020) (243—4-4-2020) 147(210-- 4-3-2020) (157 4-2-2020)(141 4/1/2020) (99 3/31/2020) (73 3/30/2020)  (65 3/29/2020)

Total Persons Tested*

(1,336,968  6-20-2020) (1,311,003  6-19-2020) (1,283,832  6-18-2020) (1(258,328 6-17-2020)  1,228,341  6-16-2020) (1,209,612  6-15-2020)  (1,190,985  6-14-2020) (1,168,945  6-13-2020) (1,147,101  6-12-2020)  1,122,327  6-11-2020) (1,100,002  6-10-2020) (1,079,182  6-9-2020) (1,058,873  6-8-2020)  (1,042,774  6-72020) (1,022,074  6-6-2020) (1,000,919  6-5-2020) (982,016  6-4-2020)  ,(959,175  6-3-2020) (934,704  6-2-2020)  (918,273  6-1-20200 (898,259  5-31-2020) (877,105  5-30-2020)  (851,762  5-29-2020) (829,966  5-28-2020) (803,973  5-27-2020) (786,794  5-26-2020) (769,564  5-25-2020) (747,921  5-22-2020) (722,247  5-23-2020) (697,133  5-22-2020) (672,020 5-21-2020) (642,713 5-20-2020)(621,684  5-19-2020) (603,241 5-18-2020) (581,944  5-17-2020) (561,649  5-16-2020) (538,602 5-15-2020) (512,037  5-14-2020)  (489,359  5-13-2020)(471,691 5-12-2020) (442,425  5-11-2020) ,258,328,(429,984  5-10-2020) (416,331 5-9-2020)  (399,714 5-8-2020)  (379,033 5-7-2020)(361,260 5-6-2020) (346,286 5-5-20200 (333,147  5-4-2020) (319,313  5-3-2020) (299,892 5-2-2020)  (284,688  5-1-2020) (269,867 4-30-2020) (256,667  4-29-2020) (242,189  4-28-2020) (227,628  4-27-2020) (214,952 4-26-2020) (201,617 4-25-2020) (186,219  4-24-2020)(173,316 4-23-2020) (164,346 4-22-2020)  (154,997  4-21-2020) (148,358 4-20-2020) (143,318 4-19-2020)  (137,404  4-18-2020) (130,163  4-17-2020)  (122,589  4-16-2020)  (116,929 4-15-2020) (110,616 4-14-2020)  (105,768 4-13-2020) (100,735 4-12-2020) (92,779 4-11-2020) (87,527 4-10-2020) (86,857 4-9-2020) (75,066 4-8-2020) (68,732 4-7-2020) (62,942 4-6-2020) (58,983 4-5-2020) (53,581—4-4-2020)  (48,048-- 4-3-2020) (43,653-- 4/2/2020) (40,384-- 4/1/2020) (35,225-- 3-31-2020) (30,446-- 3/30/2020)  (27,762-- 3/29/2020)

_{*Total number of people reported electronically for testing of COVID-19 at IDPH, commercial or hospital laboratories. Deaths are included in the number of positive cases
All numbers displayed are provisional and subject to change.}

Information to be updated daily.

Above is from: http://www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19/covid19-statistics

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PROJECTIONS from:  http://www.healthdata.org/research-article/forecasting-covid-19-impact-hospital-bed-days-icu-days-ventilator-days-and-deaths Now being updated three times per week.

As 0f 2-20-2020  range of projected deaths was 5,542 to 14,095 with mean projection of 8781.

Total COVID-19 deaths projected through October 1, 2020 in Illinois A 10.88% increase in projection from June 10’s. (8274 6-15-2020) (7462  6-10-2020)  (7381 6-8-2020*) (6371 5-29-2020) (7628 5-26-2020) (8,781 5-18-2020) (7,830 5-12-2020) (7395 5-10-2020)(6,353 5-4-2020)  (2,337  4-29-2020)   (2,316 4-27-2020)  (2093 4-21-2020) (2,259 4-15-2020) (1248 4-13-2020)

(777 4-10-2020)  (1,584  4-8-2020) (3,629 4-5-2020)(3,386 4-2-2020) (2,789 4-1-2020)  (2,326  3-31-2020)  (2,369 as of 3/30/2020)  (2,454 AS OF 3-26-2020)

COVID-19 deaths   Peak deaths  (95 deaths on 4-19-2020)               Previously (91 deaths on 4-12-2020)  (208 on 4-12-2020) (109 on 4-20-2020)

Illinois Population:  12.74 million        Projected deaths per million: 585.71

*  August 4 end date was used for 6-8-2020 and earlier projections

For a lengthier discussion of the projection model go to:  http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2020/03/forecasting-covid-19-impact-on-hospital.html and http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2020/05/why-imhs-corvid-19-model-is-so-wrong.html

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BOONE COUNTY

This page summarizes the latest data for COVID-19 in McHenry County. This data is provisional and subject to change.

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McHenry County

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McHenry County Confirmed Cases

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1,899

Source: McHenry County Department of Health

McHenry County Confirmed Deaths

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90

McHenry County Recovery Rate (%)

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93%

McHenry County Probable Cases

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46

McHenry County Probable Deaths

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2

Source: McHenry County Department of Health

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Above is from:  https://mchenry-county-coronavirus-response-mchenrycountygis.hub.arcgis.com/

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Winnebago County

Winnebago County reports 18 new COVID-19 cases; 593 new cases statewide

June 18, 20205:11 pmDevin BrooksCORONAVIRUS,TOP NEWS STORIES,TOP STORIES

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SPRINGFIELD (WREX) — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting 593 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Thursday across the state in the past 24 hours.

According to IDPH, there are 55 more lives lost in the Land of Lincoln related to the virus as of Thursday.

This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in Illinois to 134,778 and 6,537 deaths overall.

Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 25,504 specimens for a total of 1,283,832. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from June 11 –June 17 is 3%.

In Winnebago County, no new deaths related to the virus were reported, but the county did announce 18 new positive cases.

The total number of coronavirus cases in Winnebago County now stands at 2,824, 85 deaths and a 93.1% recovery rate, according to local health officials.

The state's COVID-19 numbers are subject to change as we receive new numbers from the health departments in the northern Illinois region, which may use private labs for testing which is not initially recognized by the IDPH.

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Cases in U.S.

Updated  June 20, 2020

U.S. At A Glance

As of June 19, 2020

Total Cases

2,215,618  +32,218

Total Deaths

119,055  +690

This page will be updated daily. Numbers close out at 4 p.m. the day before reporting

***On Saturday and Sunday, the numbers in COVID-19: U.S. at a Glance and the figure describing the cumulative total number of COVID-departments. CDC will update weekend numbers the following Monday to reflect health department updates.***

CDC is responding to an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus. The outbreak first started in Wuhan, China, but cases have been identified in a growing number of other locations internationally, including the United States. In addition to CDC, many public health laboratories are now testing for the virus that causes COVID-19.

COVID-19: U.S. at a Glance*†

• Total cases ( 2,215,618 6-20-2020) (2,178,710  6-192020) (2,155,572  6-18-2020) (2,132,321  6-17-2020)  (2,104,346  6-16-2020) (2,085,769  6-15-2020) (2,063,812  6-14-2020) (2,038,344  6-13-2020) (2,016,027  6-12-2020)(1,994,283  6-11-2020) (1,973,797  6-10-2020)  (1,956,421  6-9-2020)  (1,938,823  6-8-2020) (1,920,904  6-7-2020) (1,891,690  6-6-2020) (1,862,656  6-5-2020) (1,827,425  6-3-2020) (1,802,470  6-2-2020) (1,787,680  6-1-2020) (1,761,530  5-30-2020) (1,719,827  5-29-2020) (1,678,843  5-27-2020)  (1,662,414  5-26-2020) (1,637,456 5-25-2020)  (1,622,114  5-24-2020)(1,595,858 5-23-2020) (1,571,617  5-22-2020)(1,551,095 5-21-2020) (1,528,235 5-20-2020)(1,504 030  5-19-2020) (1.480,349   5-18-2020),(1,467,065  5-17-2020) (1,435,098 5-16-2020)  (1,412,121  5-15-2020) (1,384,930  5-14-2020) (1,364,061 5-13-2020) (1,342,594  5-12-2020) (1,324,488  5-11-20200  (1,300,696  5-10-2020) (1,274,036  5-9-2020) (1,248,040 5-8-2020) (1,219,066  5-7-2020)(1,193,)  (1,005,147  4-28-2020) (957,875  4-27-2020) (928,619  4-26-2020)  (895,766  4-25-2020)   (865,585 4-24-2020)   (829,441   4-23-2020) (802,583  4-22-2020) (776,093 4-21-2020) (746,625 4-20-2020) (720,630 4-19-2020)  (661,712 4-17-2020)  (632,548 4-16-2020)  (605,390 4-15-2020) (579,005 4-14-2020)  (554,849 4-13-2020) (525,704 4-12-2020)  (492,416 4-11-2020)(459,165 4-10-2020) (427,460 4-9-2020) (395,011 4-8-2020)(374,329 4-7-2020) (330,891 4-6-2020) (304,826 4-5-2020) (277,205 4-4-2020) (239,279 4-3-2020) (213,144 4/2/2020)(186,101 4/1/2020) (163,539 3/31/2020) (140,904 3/30/2020)   (122,653  3-29-2020)
• Total deaths (119,055  6-20-2020)  (118,365  6-19-2020) (117,632  6-18-2020)  (116,862  6-17-2020) (116,140  6-16-2020) (115,644  6-15-2020) (115,271 6-14-2020)  (114,625  6-13-2020)  (113,914  6-20-2020) (112,967  6-11-2020) (112,133  6-10-2020) (110,925  6-9-2020) (110,375  6-8-2020)  (109,901 6-7—2020)  (109,192  6-6-2020) (108,064  6-5-2020) (106,202  6-3-2020)  (105,157  6-2-2(2020) (104,396  6-1-2020)  (103,700 5-30-2020) (101,711  5-29-2020) (99,031  5-27-2020)  (98,261  5-26-2020)(97,669  5-25-2020)  (97,049  2-24-2020) (96,002 5-23-2020) (94,150 5-22-2020) (93,061  5-21-2020) (91,664 5-20-2020) (90,340 5-19-2020)  (89,407  5-18-2020) (88,709  5-17-2020)  (87,315  5-16-2020)  (85,990  5-20-2020) (83,947 5-15-2020) (82,246  5-13-2020)  (80,820  5-12-2020) (79,756  5-11-2020) (78,771  5-10-2020) (77,034  5-9-2020) (75,477  5-8-2020) (73,297  5-7-2020) (70,802 5-6-2020)  (68,279 5-5-2020) (67,456  5-4-2020)  (64,283  5-2-2020)  (62,405 5-1-2020)  (60,057  4-30-2020) (57,505  4-28-2020)  (53,922 4-27-2020) (52,459  4-26-2020)  (50,439 4-25-2020) (48,816  4-24-2020) (46,379 4-23-2020) (44,575 4-22-2020)  (41,759 4-21-2020) (39,083 4-20-2020)  (37,202 4-19-2020)  (33,049 4-17-2020)  (31,071 4-16-2020) (24,582 4-15-2020) (22,252 4-14-2020) (21,942 4-13-2020)  (20,486 4-12-2020)  (18,559 4-11-2020) (16,570 4-10-2020) (14,696 4-9-2020) (12,754 4-8-2020) (12,064 4-7-2020) (8,910 4-6-2020)(7,616 4-5-2020)  (6, 593 4-4-2020) (5,443 4-3-2020) (4,513 4-2-2020) (3,603 4-1-2020) (2,860 3/31/2020) (2,405 3/30/2020)   (2,112  3-29-2020)
• Jurisdictions reporting cases: 55 (50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Marianas, and US Virgin Islands)

^* Data include both confirmed and presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 reported to CDC or tested at CDC since January 21, 2020, with the exception of testing results for persons repatriated to the United States from Wuhan, China and Japan. State and local public health departments are now testing and publicly reporting their cases. In the event of a discrepancy between CDC cases and cases reported by state and local public health officials, data reported by states should be considered the most up to date.

† Numbers updated Saturday and Sunday are not confirmed by state and territorial health departments. These numbers will be modified when numbers are updated on Monday.(

Cases of COVID-19 Reported in the US, by Source of Exposure*†

^* Data include both confirmed and presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 reported to CDC or tested at CDC since January 21, 2020, with the exception of testing results for persons repatriated to the United States from Wuhan, China and Japan. State and local public health departments are now testing and publicly reporting their cases. In the event of a discrepancy between CDC cases and cases reported by state and local public health officials, data reported by states should be considered the most up to date.

† CDC is no longer reporting the number of persons under investigation (PUIs) that have been tested, as well as PUIs that have tested negative. Now that states are testing and reporting their own results, CDC’s numbers are not representative of all testing being done nationwide.

Above is from:  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html

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PROJECTIONS:   US COVID-19 Deaths thru 10-1-2020) A 18.39% increase since June 10’s projection. (201,129  6-15-2020)  (169,890  6-10-2020) (145,728*  6-8-2020)  (135,109 5-29-2020)  (131,967  5-26-2020) (143,357 5-18-2020)  (147,040 5-12-2020)  (137,184 5-10-2020) (134,475 5-4-2020)  (72,433   4-29-2020)  (74,073 4-27-2020) (65,976 4-21-2020)  (60,308 4-15-2020) (68,841 4-13-2020)  (61,543 4-10-2020) (60,415 4-8-2020) (81,766 4-5-2020) (93,531 4/3/2020) (93,765 4/1/2020)   (83.967 3/31/2020)    ( 82,141 3/30/2020);  Peak Daily    (2150 4-13-2020)

Older Peak Daily Deaths (2,212 on 4-12-2010)  (1,983 on 4-11-2020)  (2,644 on 4-16-2020)(3,130 on 4-16-2020) ( 2214 on 3/31/2020) (2,214 on 3/31/2 020) (2,271 3/30/2020)

*August 4 was used for projected end date deaths prior to June 10’s projections.

US Population:  331 million    Projected deaths per million: 398.69

FROM:  http://www.healthdata.org/research-article/forecasting-covid-19-impact-hospital-bed-days-icu-days-ventilator-days-and-deaths Now being updated three times per week

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COVID-19 Tracker   Great site to find specific county, state, country numbers is at:  https://bing.com/covid?form=msntrk  Site supplies case numbers, recovered cases and deaths by country and US state.

WORLD

Total confirmed cases

Updated 6 min ago

8,546,919

+146,599

Active cases

3,894,919

Recovered cases

4,195,274

+86,091

Fatal cases

456,726

+6,291