SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday announced 965 confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide, including six additional deaths.
The IDPH has reported 161,575 total confirmed cases of the coronavirus, including 7,295 deaths, since the pandemic began.
Within the past 24 hours, over 32,000 specimens were reported for a total of 2,244,511.
Illinois’ preliminary seven-day positivity rate from July 12- July 18 is 2.9%.
As of Saturday night, 1,356 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 320 patients were in the ICU and 132 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
