Coronavirus In Illinois: 6,839 New Cases, 126 More Deaths
Since the start of the pandemic, the Illinois Department of Public Health has reported a total of 991,719 coronavirus cases, including 16,959 deaths.
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Since the start of the pandemic, the Illinois Department of Public Health has reported a total of 991,719 coronavirus cases, including 16,959 deaths.
Since the start of the pandemic, the Illinois Department of Public Health has reported a total of 984,880 coronavirus cases, including 16,834 deaths.
Since the start of the pandemic, Illinois has reported a total of 942,362 coronavirus cases, including 16,074 deaths.
Since the start of the pandemic, Illinois has reported a total of 925,107 cases of COVID-19, including 15,643 deaths.
As of Tuesday night, a total of 100,991 vaccine doses have been administered in Chicago and the rest of Illinois.
On Monday, public health officials reported 4,699 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois.
Public health officials reported 4,699 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois on Monday, the lowest daily case count since late October, as the state's average infection rate also continued to decline.
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 7,377 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, as well as 181 additional deaths, the seventh most deaths reported in a single day.
Public health officials reported 8,828 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois on Friday, including 181 additional deaths.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 7,123 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, as well as 146 additional deaths.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 7,359 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases on Tuesday, including 117 additional deaths.
Illinois has received the first shipment of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at the state's Strategic National Stockpile (SNS).
Deaths from the virus in Illinois remain higher than during the first surge of the pandemic in the spring.
Illinois public health officials Saturday reported 8,737 new cases of COVID-19, including 127 additional deaths.
Over the past week, the state has reported a total of 1,079 virus deaths, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health; compared to 942 during the previous seven days, a 15% increase.
While deaths from the virus are still trending upward, the state's positivity rate has largely been trending downward over the past month.
"I want you to call, or video chat, as many of you did at Thanksgiving," Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said. "There is still time to change your holiday plans. If you haven't made them, I hope you will take this to heart.
It's the fifth highest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic, and the 17th time in the past month the Illinois Department of Public Health has reported more than 100 deaths in a single day.
The state's seven-day average case positivity rate now stands at 9.9%, the lowest it's been since Nov. 6, when it was 9.6%, which was also the last time it was below 10%.
The FDA is meeting on Thursday to discuss possible approval of the Pfizer vaccine. If approved Illinois could get its first shipment next week.
As of Monday, the state's average case positivity rate stands at 10.3%, compared to 10.9% two weeks ago.
It was the fourth day in a row Illinois has reported at least 100 deaths, tied for the second-longest such stretch since the start of the pandemic.
The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported a total of 12,830 deaths from the virus so far.
It's the first time Illinois has reported more than 200 coronavirus deaths in a single day, and a 25% increase over the previous record of 191 deaths reported on May 13.
It was the highest daily case total in Illinois in 12 days, although the Illinois Department of Public Health also reported the largest testing total in 11 days, so the state saw only a slight uptick in its positivity rate.
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