The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 1,462 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 14 additional confirmed deaths. The Joint Crisis Communication Team also announced 17 newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Macon County residents, along with the passing of another Macon County resident with COVID-19.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 261,371 cases, including 8,309 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 6 – September 12 is 3.7%. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 46,890 specimens for a total of 4,735,866. As of last night, 1,422 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 328 patients were in the ICU and 136 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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