The Macon County Health Department announced Wednesday there have been 10 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19. Since the start of the pandemic, 1,140 Macon County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. Also The Illinois Department of Public Health notified MCHD Wednesday of an import error that affected the total number of COVID-19 tests completed on Macon County residents that was reported Tuesday. As of September 7th, there have been 29,684 Macon County residents tested for COVID-19. This is a correction from Tuesday’s number (31,474) reported from IDPH. The Illinois Department of Public Health meanwhile Wednesday announced 1,337 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 30 additional confirmed deaths.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 253,690 cases, including 8,214 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from September 2 – September 8 is 3.7%. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 48,029 specimens for a total of 4,526,739. As of last night, 1,580 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 357 patients were in the ICU and 133 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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