As of Tuesday, Macon County reports 8 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the number to 774 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Macon County.
The Illinois Department of Public Health meanwhile, announced 1,740 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois Tuesday, including 27 additional confirmed deaths.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 209,594 cases, including 7,782 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 34,175 specimens for a total of 3,439,272. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from August 11 – August 17 is 4.3%. As of last night, 1,510 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 335 patients were in the ICU and 128 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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