The Illinois Department of Public Health reported just over 1,700 confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus on Monday, with an additional 35 deaths attributed to the virus.
According to the latest IDPH data, 1,747 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours. These new cases bring the state total to 1,148,088 since the pandemic began.
The additional 35 deaths bring the state to 19,668 deaths during the pandemic.
In the last 24 hours, state labs have received 47,210 new specimens for testing. The state’s seven-day rotating positivity rate for all COVID tests fell to 3.3%, while the positivity rate of those tested remained stable at 4.1% during last seven days.
There are currently 2,161 people hospitalized due to COVID-19 in Illinois, with 469 of these patients in intensive care units. There are currently another 251 patients with ventilators.
According to IDPH data, a total of 1,638,125 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to Illinois and Chicago providers, with another 496,100 doses allocated to the federal government program to help the facilities. long-term care in staff and patient vaccination. This brings the total doses to Illinois to 2,134,225.
Of these doses, 1,358,967 have been administered statewide during the pandemic. The state set a new one-day record on Saturday with 48,359 doses of the vaccine administered.
On Sunday, 16,110 doses were administered.