SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois health officials are reporting another 1,828 people have tested positive for the coronavirus and five more people have died as a result of the virus.
The totals announced Saturday by the Illinois Department of Public Health brings the number of positive tests to 204,519 and the number of deaths since the pandemic began to 7,726.
The state that has seen a spike in the number of positive tests in recent weeks did, however, report that the 7-day positivity rate of tests dropped to under 4% for the first time since Aug. 5.
The IDPH reported 14 counties in Illinois are considered to be at a warning level for COVID-19.
A county enters a warning level when two or more COVID-19 risk indicators that measure the amount of COVID-19 increase.
Fourteen counties are currently reported at a warning level – Including Bureau, Cass, Clinton, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Hancock, Jefferson, Kane, LaSalle, Moultrie, Perry, Union and Will Counties.
