COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,194 new cases, 9 deaths

IDPH notes that “each day deaths reported on weekends and at first of the week could also be low as IDPH and native well being departments transfer away from reviewing and processing COVID-19 demise information over the weekend. These deaths might be captured in subsequent days.”

There have been at the very least 3,076,628 complete COVID instances, together with at the very least 33,443 associated deaths within the state for the reason that pandemic started.
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The seven-day statewide check positivity charge is at 2.1%.

Inside the previous 24 hours, laboratories have reported testing 87,140 new specimens for a complete of 57,681,343 for the reason that pandemic started.

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As of Tuesday night time, 515 sufferers in Illinois have been reported to be within the hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 72 sufferers have been within the ICU, and 24 sufferers with COVID-19 have been on ventilators.

A complete of 21,466,183 vaccine doses have been administered in Illinois as of Tuesday, and 64.45% of the state’s inhabitants is absolutely vaccinated. The seven-day rolling common of vaccines administered each day is eighteen,294.

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