SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — As expected over the Thanksgiving weekend, fewer people received COVID-19 tests.
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday, as a result, reported only 6,190 new confirmed and probable cases of the virus in Illinois.
85 deaths were also reported by IDPH.
Within the last 24 hours, laboratories have reported 66,980 specimens for a total of 10,497,998 since the pandemic began.
The preliminary seven-day statewide postivity rate is at 10.2%, up slightly from 10.1% from the day before.
As of Sunday night, 5,849 people in Illinois were in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 1,217 were in the ICU and 715 were on ventilators.
A more comprehensive look at state and local COVID data is available HERE.
