Illinois health officials reported 5,343 new cases of coronavirus and 130 additional deaths attributed to the virus on Saturday.
According to the latest data from the Illinois Department of Public Health, Thursday’s new cases bring the statewide total to 1,064,667 cases since the pandemic began, with 18,179 deaths.
In the last 24 hours, 102,372 new test results were returned to state labs, IDPH said, bringing the total testing to 14,667,148.
The seven-day preliminary positive rate at the state level for all tests performed decreased from 6.5% to 6.3%. The positivity rate of the tested individuals also decreased from 7.7% to 7.5%.
As of Friday night, 781,150 doses of coronavirus vaccine have been delivered statewide, with 268,525 doses of vaccine allocated to pharmacies administering long-term care facilities.
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 were administered, including 62,778 to long-term care units.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said three regions of the state could return to level 3 mitigation on Friday, much closer.
Pritzker is also calling for more federal assistance in purchasing doses of two approved coronavirus vaccines, launching plans to initiate phase 1B of the state’s vaccination plan, once a sufficient number of health and long-term care workers long and residents received the fires.