The Illinois Department of Public Health Wednesday announced 1,598 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 23 additional confirmed deaths. The Macon County Health Department meanwhile Thursday announced 8 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the county total to 294.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 165,301 cases, including 7,347 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 39,633 specimens for a total of 2,348,487. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from July 15 –July 21 is 3.2%. As of last night, 1,456 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 337 patients were in the ICU and 132 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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