Illinois health officials on Saturday reported 5,343 new cases of coronavirus and an additional 130 deaths attributed to the virus.
According to the latest data from the Illinois Department of Public Health, Thursday’s new cases bring the total to 1,064,667 cases statewide since the pandemic began, along with 18,179 deaths.
Over the past 24 hours, 102,372 new test results have been returned to state labs, IDPH said, bringing the total statewide testing to 14,667,148.
The seven-day preliminary positivity rate of all tests conducted statewide fell from 6.5% to 6.3%. The positivity rate in tested single individuals also fell from 7.7% to 7.5%.
As of Friday night, 781,150 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered statewide, with 268,525 doses of the vaccine assigned to pharmacies that are administered to long-term care centers.
This brings the total number of doses distributed by the state to 1,049,675, according to IDPH. Of these, a total of 471,157 vaccines have been administered, including 62,778 in long-term care centers.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced that three state regions could back down in Level 3 mitigations on Friday, with many behind.
Pritzker is also pushing for more federal assistance in acquiring doses of two coronavirus-approved vaccines, developing plans to start phase 1B of the state’s vaccination plan once a sufficient number of health workers and of long-term care workers and residents have been shot.