The Illinois Department of Public Health today announced 2,295 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 25 additional confirmed deaths. Meanwhile, in Macon County there were 9 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, where the overall number now stands at 783 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Macon County.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 211,889 cases, including 7,806 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 50,299 specimens for a total of 3,489,571. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from August 12 – August 18 is 4.4%. As of last night, 1,519 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 334 patients were in the ICU and 144 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators
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