

Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported testing 153,512 new specimens for a total of 53,621,982 since the pandemic began.Īs of Thursday night, 1,590 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19, Of those, 303 patients were in the ICU, and 132 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.Ī total of 20,971,4017 vaccine doses have been administered in Illinois as of Wednesday, and 63.36% of the state's population is fully vaccinated. The seven-day statewide test positivity rate is 3.1%, which marks the lowest figure reported since November 12 when it was at 3%. Millions of people across the Northeast, Midwest and mid-Atlantic in the US have been under air quality alerts in recent weeks as wildfire smoke originating from Canada wafts over major US cities. If you missed the window to apply for assistance through IHDA, the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is accepting applications for up to 25,000 in. Cases and deaths have seen a slight rise over the previous. 11, along with 48 additional deaths over the past seven days. JB Pritzker says despite state committee ruling Illinois health officials reported 13,659 new COVID-19 cases since Nov. RELATED | Illinois mask mandate remains in effect, Gov. The video in the player above is from a previous report. Our efforts continue to center around prompt identification of patients with symptoms of the virus causing concern worldwide and taking. There have been 3,013,709 total COVID cases, including 32,299 deaths in the state since the pandemic began. A total of 151 people have died and more than 500 have been hospitalized in Illinois due to COVID-19 in 'breakthrough' cases after. CHICAGO (WLS) - Illinois public health officials reported 1,329 new COVID cases and 40 related deaths Friday. Geraldine Luna with the Chicago Department of Public Health disusses how the Latino community in Chicago has been impacted by COVID.ĬHICAGO (WLS) - Illinois public health officials reported 3,184 new COVID cases and 50 related deaths Friday.
