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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The number of people in hospital beds with COVID-19 throughout Illinois continues to rise above record numbers.
As of Monday night, 5,887 were in the hospital with the virus. Of those, 1,158 were in the ICU and 545 were on ventilators.
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday announced 12,601 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 97 additional deaths.
Within the last 24 hours, 94,205 tests have been done for a total of 9,255,658 since the pandemic began.
The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity is 14.5%.
