The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday announced 1,832 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 27 additional confirmed deaths. The Macon County Health Department meanwhile Thursday reported 5 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the county total to 788 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Macon County.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 213,721 cases, including 7,833 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 51,612 specimens for a total of 3,541,183. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from August 13 – August 19 is 4.4%. As of last night, 1,519 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 357 patients were in the ICU and 124 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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