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 probable cases of coronavirus bring the state 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 laboratories reported 84,990 new samples for testing. The seven-day positive state rate for all COVID tests decreased to 2.9% and the positivity rate for individuals decreased to 3.6%.
There have been 1,892 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Illinois as of Saturday night, with 425 of these 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 were delivered to providers in Illinois and Chicago, with another 445,200 doses allocated to the federal government program to help with long-term care facilities in vaccination staff and patients. This brings the total number of doses sent to Illinois to 2,570,575.
On Friday, 79,704 doses were administered, according to IDPH. The state administered 1,724,187 total doses of vaccine, including 238,075 to long-term care units.
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