SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - On Saturday, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 11,028 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 166 additional deaths.
Illinois set a record one-day testing high with more than 114,000 COVID-19 tests reported.
IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike highlighted during Friday's COVID-19 briefing, there was a delay in death data reporting on November 13, 2020. Therefore, 66 deaths that occurred Friday are being reported with today’s total.
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IDPH is reporting a total of 562,985 cases, including 10,670 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois.
Laboratories have reported a total of 8,986,010 tests.
As of Friday night, 5,415 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19.
Of those, 1,018 patients were in the ICU and 499 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity is 14.7 percent.