SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday reported another hefty new case total, including 55 additional deaths.
7,538 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the state for a total of 437,556 since the pandemic began.
Over the last 24 hours, 71,857 specimens were reported by laboratories in the state. A total of 8,030,713 tests have now been completed in Illinois.
As of Tuesday night, 3,761 people in Illinois were in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 776 patients were in the ICU and 327 were on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate for cases as a percent of total tests is at 8.5%.
A more comprehensive look at state and local COVID data is available HERE.
