SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The rolling seven-day statewide positivity rate for COVID-19 has ticked slightly downwards as the Illinois Department of Public Health reported on Thursday 1,360 new cases of the virus.
The rate went down to 4.4% as 40,795 specimens were taken by labs throughout the state.
IDPH said there were 25 additional deaths during the Wednesday-Thursday reporting period.
1,620 people across the state were in hospitals with the virus. 360 of them were in intensive care, while 144 were on ventilators.
More information and numbers on COVID-19 in the area and state can be found HERE.
