The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday announced 1,953 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 28 additional confirmed deaths. The Macon County Health Department meanwhile Thursday announced 24 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19. Since the start of the pandemic, 1,164 Macon County residents have tested positive for COVID-19.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 255,643 cases, including 8,242 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from September 3 – September 9 is 3.8%. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 48,982 specimens for a total of 4,575,721. As of last night, 1,609 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 346 patients were in the ICU and 141 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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