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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Over 2,500 new cases of COVID-19 were announced Friday by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
In addition to the 2,514 new cases, 25 deaths were reported.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 283,885 cases and 8,563 deaths.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate is up slightly, to 3.6%.
Within the last 24 hours, laboratories in the state have reported 69,793 specimens for a total of 5,363,471 since the pandemic began.
As of last night, 1,637 patients in Illinois were reported to in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 371 were in the ICU and 124 were on ventilators.
