SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday announced 1,392 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including seven additional deaths.
Although the new cases number is below 1,500; only 31,363 specimens were collected in the last 24 hours.
A total of 4,478,710 specimens have been collected in the state. The state’s preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate continues to remain steady and currently sits at 4%.
As of Monday night, 1,504 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 343 were in the ICU and 133 were on ventilators.
IDPH is now reporting a total of 252,353 cases and 8,186 deaths.
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