COVID update: Illinois reports 2,511 new cases, 18 new deaths

CHICAGO (WLS) — Illinois reported 2,511 new COVID circumstances and 18 new deaths Tuesday.

The Illinois Dept. of Public Well being says “every day deaths reported on weekends and initially of the week could also be low” and “these deaths can be captured in subsequent days.”

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There have been at the least 3,725,426 complete COVID circumstances within the state because the begin of the pandemic and at the least 34,842 associated deaths.

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As of Monday evening, 1,278 sufferers in Illinois have been reported to be within the hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 145 sufferers have been within the ICU, and 75 sufferers with COVID-19 have been on ventilators.

The every day case charge per 100,000 inhabitants is at 21.5.

A complete of 23,390,465 vaccine doses have been administered in Illinois as of Monday and 65.59% of the state’s inhabitants is absolutely vaccinated. The seven-day rolling common of vaccines administered every day is nineteen,428.

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