Lake County remains at a high community level of transmission for COVID-19 based on the number of new cases and hospitalizations.
The CDC released its new guidelines Thursday recognizing the expansive tools to control the disease and the same day it kept Lake County at a high risk for community transmission for the 13th consecutive week with the exception of the week between June 16 and 23.Mark Pfister, the executive director of the Lake County Health Department, said the goals of the new CDC guidelines are designed to prevent serious illness, hospitalization and deaths.
Lake County experienced 218.37 new cases of COVID-19 and 13.3 residents hospitalized with the illness per 100,000 residents for the week ending Thursday, according to the CDC. If the average new cases are over 200,000 or hospitalizations exceed 10%, the community is high risk. There are currently 14 people hospitalized with COVID-19 at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, five at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, 23 at Advocate Condell Medical Libertyville in Libertyville and 16 at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, according to officials there.
“Vaccines are safe, effective and available,” Roesch said. “If you haven’t already, please take this important step to protect yourself and our community from future surges.”
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