The Macon County Health Department announced one newly-confirmed case of COVID-19. The overall number is 242 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Macon County.
However, the Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday announced 1,018 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 20 additional confirmed deaths.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 150,450 cases, including 7,119 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 36,180 specimens for a total of 1,878,756. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from July 2 –July 8 is 2.6%. As of last night, 1,507 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 317 patients were in the ICU and 153 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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