Coronavirus response: ‘If Chicago can be its own region, why can’t Champaign County?’ – Champaign News-Gazette

Under the state’s regional plan, Champaign County’s fate continues to be linked to those of 20 others in its region. But the county’s COVID-19 data is being excluded after Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike said the University of Illinois’ testing volume is overshadowing trends in the 21-county region.
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Downstate cynic
5 years ago

The UI Urbana testing program involves testing the same population repeatedly. The faculty and students are tested between 1-3 times per week. new cases continue to occur, about 200 a week now. 462000 to date, 40000 plus per week (All data is available on the dashboard. search “university of Illinois shield dash board”) From day one it was difficult to understand how these tests could be used to calculate % positivity. all other environments are testing a mostly new cohort everyday 30-40% are symptomatic and maybe a 10% repeat rate. Test per 100000 is much lower everywhere else than in… Read more »

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