

Masks Required For All CPS Students This Fall, Officials Announce All three metrics are a reported increase since last Friday. Of those patients, 135 are in intensive care units, and 44 are on ventilators. More than 58% of adult residents in the state are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with 73% receiving at least one dose.Īs of midnight, 670 patients are currently hospitalized due to COVID in the state. State officials say Illinois this week crossed the threshold of 13 million vaccine doses administered since vaccinations began in December. That brings the state’s average to 19,928 daily vaccination doses over the last week, down from the figures reported last Friday, per IDPH data. Over the past seven days, a total of 139,495 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered to Illinois residents. The rolling average seven-day positivity rate on individuals tested rose to 3.5%, up from 1.7% then 2.3% in the past two weeks, officials said. The state’s seven-day positivity rate on all tests rose to 3.3% from 1.9% the week before and 1.5% two weeks prior - meaning the positivity rate has more than doubled in the past two weeks. The state has administered 241,150 tests since last Friday, officials said, bringing the total to more than 26 million tests conducted during the pandemic. The additional deaths reported this week bring the state to 23,401 confirmed COVID fatalities.

In all, 1,407,929 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the state since the pandemic began. Illinois health officials on Friday reported 7,983 new COVID-19 cases in the past week, along with 47 additional deaths and more than 139,000 new vaccine doses administered. Coronavirus in Illinois: 7,983 New COVID Cases, 47 Deaths, 139K Vaccinations in the Past Week
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