COVID Illinois Update: IL reports 1,723 new cases, 15 deaths

IDPH notes that “day by day deaths reported on weekends and in the beginning of the week could also be low as IDPH and native well being departments transfer away from reviewing and processing COVID-19 loss of life information over the weekend. These deaths will likely be captured in subsequent days.”

There have been a minimum of 3,059,915 complete COVID instances, together with 33,293 deaths within the state for the reason that pandemic started.

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The seven-day statewide check positivity charge is 1.4%.

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Inside the previous 24 hours, laboratories have reported testing 99,022 new specimens for a complete of 56,801,086 for the reason that pandemic started.

As of Wednesday evening, 463 sufferers in Illinois have been reported to be within the hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 69 sufferers have been within the ICU, and 28 sufferers with COVID-19 have been on ventilators.

A complete of 21,307,081 vaccine doses have been administered in Illinois as of Tuesday, and 64.25% of the state’s inhabitants is absolutely vaccinated. The seven-day rolling common of vaccines administered day by day is 7,441.

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