The Illinois Department of Public Health reported more than 1,700 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus on Monday, with 35 additional 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 35 additional deaths bring the state to 19,668 deaths during the pandemic.
In the last 24 hours, state laboratories received 47,210 new samples for testing. The seven-day positive state rate for all COVID tests decreased to 3.3%, while the positivity rate for those tested remained at 4.1% in the last seven days.
There are currently 2,161 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Illinois, with 469 of these patients in intensive care units. Another 251 patients are currently on ventilators.
According to IDPH data, a total of 1,638,125 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to Illinois and Chicago providers, with another 496,100 doses allocated to the federal government program to help long-term care facilities in vaccinating staff and patients. . This brings the total dose in Illinois to 2,134,225.
Of these doses, 1,358,967 were administered statewide during the pandemic. The state set a new one-day record of 48,359 doses of vaccine on Saturday.
On Sunday, 16,110 doses were administered.