The Macon County Health Department reported 21 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, bringing the overall number to 675 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Macon County.
The Illinois Department of Public Health Wednesday also announced 1,645 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 16 additional confirmed deaths.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 198,593 cases, including 7,672 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 42,098 specimens for a total of 3,189,801. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from August 5 – August 11 is 4.1%. As of last night, 1,525 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 357 patients were in the ICU and 129 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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