The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,598 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday with an additional 53 deaths attributed to the virus and nearly 80,000 doses of vaccine administered “the day before.
According to the latest IDPH data, new and likely coronavirus cases bring the statewide total to 1,160,523 since the pandemic began. Additional deaths bring the state to 19,926 during the pandemic.
In the last 24 hours, state labs have reported 84,990 new specimens for testing. The state’s seven-day rotating positivity rate for all COVID tests dropped to 2.9% and the positivity rate for individuals fell to 3.6%.
On Saturday night there were 1,892 people hospitalized because of COVID-19 in Illinois, with 425 patients in intensive care units and 202 patients with ventilators.
According to IDPH data, a total of 2,125,375 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to suppliers in Illinois and Chicago, with another 445,200 doses allocated to the federal government program to help care facilities long-term in vaccination of staff and patients. This brings the total number of doses sent to Illinois to 2,570,575.
79,704 doses were administered on Friday, according to IDPH. The state has administered 1,724,187 total doses of the vaccine, including 238,075 to long-term care centers.
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