Since Monday, the Macon County Health Department has reported two newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19 so the overall number stands at 238 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Macon County.
The Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday announced 587 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 37 additional confirmed deaths.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 148,452 cases, including 7,063 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 26,994 specimens for a total of 1,809,834. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from June 20 –July 6 is 2.5%. As of last night, 1,385 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 320 patients were in the ICU and 153 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.








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