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The same day, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced that an infant in the city of Chicago died after testing positive for COVID-19. [72] Infants made up a small fraction of COVID-19 related deaths worldwide, and this was the first death for any infant in the United States who tested positive for COVID-19 .
At the beginning of the pandemic to early June 2020, Democratic-led states had higher case rates than Republican-led states, while in the second half of 2020, Republican-led states saw higher case and death rates than states led by Democrats. As of mid-2021, states with tougher policies generally had fewer COVID cases and deaths {needs update}.
The CDC estimates that, between February 2020 and September 2021, only 1 in 1.3 COVID-19 deaths were attributed to COVID-19. [2] The true COVID-19 death toll in the United States would therefore be higher than official reports, as modeled by a paper published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas. [3]
The state’s health department reported one COVID-19 death in St. Clair County for the week. As a whole, Illinois’ daily case rate is 37.1 per 100,000 people.
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Weekly confirmed COVID-19 deaths Map of cumulative COVID-19 death rates by U.S. state [8] On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The first American case was reported on January 20, [9] and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared a public health emergency on January 31. [10]
The government also recommended closing schools and avoiding gatherings of more than ten people. [66] [67] [68] Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx cited an analysis by Imperial College London that if nothing was done by government officials, 2.2 million would die in the United States. [69]