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To:
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Chemical Industry Council of Illinois (CICI) Members
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From:
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Mark Biel, Chief Executive Officer
[email protected] or 217/522-5805
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Re:
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Weekend Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update – Update on COVID-19 Cases; Hospitalization Rates Decrease; Decontamination & Disinfection Services; CICI Associate Member Services
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Update on COVID-19 Cases: The Illinois Dept. of Public Health (IDPH) is now reporting a total of 2,618 deaths, an increase of 161 deaths over the weekend. There are currently 61,499 positive cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, an increase of 5,444 since Friday. In total, 319,313 people have now been tested in Illinois for the virus, which is an increase of 34,625 over the weekend, or an average of 17,312 per day since Friday. This is the highest number of daily tests to date. The percentage of positive cases since Friday as compared to increased testing is at 15.7%.
You can check where these cases are occurring at the State of Illinois COVID-19 website which also contains more information on this outbreak. Also, IDPH has a case breakdown of the number of positive cases in Chicago and each county relative to the number of fatalities. The IDPH website also now includes a breakdown of the cases under each zip code in the state. In addition, Western Illinois University has an put together this Map of COVID-19 Cases in Illinois & Surrounding States which gives you picture of where COVID-19 cases are occurring in relation to areas surrounding Illinois.
Worldometer also has a site with pertinent statistics on a state by state breakdown and comparison. Also, the City of Chicago has a good categorization of the cases within the city.
Hospitalization Rates Decrease: Today it was reported that of the 61,499 positive cases in Illinois, there are 4,701 cases requiring some sort of hospital care. Of those, 1,232 patients were in the ICU and 759 patients were on ventilators. These hospitalized patients represent 7.6% of all positive cases, which is almost a reduction of 2 percent just since last Thursday.
Decontamination & Disinfection Services: If you need to decontaminate and disinfect a site with regards to COVID-19, here is a list of the following CICI members offering such services:
SET Environmental: https://www.setenv.com/news-updates/03-2020/bloodborne-pathogen-response-covid-19
Roux Associates: Roux Decontamination, Roux Loss Claims
GZA Environmental - Deep Cleaning & Disinfection Services
Ramboll - https://ramboll.com/media/rgr/responding-to-covid19
TRC Companies: https://www.trccompanies.com/services/covid-19-resources/
ERC Midwest: https://ercmidwest.com/
Heritage Environmental Services: https://www.heritage-enviro.com/coronavirus/ and Heritage Business Services
CICI Associate Member Services: As you can imagine, the COVID-19 crisis can have numerous legal implications for businesses on everything from environmental regulations to employment & labor law to banking and finance.
The following CICI Associate Members have created first-rate Webpages providing relevant and important information for CICI members on the COVID-19 crisis. These are great resources that provide everything from informational updates to scheduled webinars.
Quarles & Brady
Greensfelder Hemker & Gale
Ice Miller
Freeborn & Peters LLP
Seyfarth Shaw
McGuireWoods
HeplerBroom
K & L Gates
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Jenner & Block
Hunter Masalski COVID-19
Thompson Coburn
Conn Maciel Carey
Thompson Hine COVID-19 Task Force
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