The Macon County Health Department Tuesday reported 41 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19. As of Tuesday, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been 988 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Macon County residents. Meanwhile, the Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday announced 1,492 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 39 additional confirmed deaths.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 236,515 cases, including 8,064 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 22,961 specimens for a total of 4,087,122. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from August 24 – August 30 is 4.3%. As of last night, 1,513 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 362 patients were in the ICU and 146 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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