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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported the preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity is 6.2%.
On Thursday, that number was at 6.5%.
IDPH Friday also reported 7,042 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 95 additional deaths.
Beginning Friday, IDPH has adjusted reported probable cases, which caused an artificial one day increase in cases of 1,903.
As of Thursday night, 3,179 people in Illinois were in the hospital with the virus. Of those, 661 were in the ICU and 348 were on ventilators.
