The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday today announced 1,772 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 18 additional confirmed deaths, while the Macon County Health Department is reporting 9 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number to 424 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Macon County.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 176,896 cases, including 7,478 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 41,134 specimens for a total of 2,649,786. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from July 23 –July 29 is 3.8%. As of last night, 1,452 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 353 patients were in the ICU and 149 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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