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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,729 new COVID-19 cases in Illinois, including 22 additional deaths, on Saturday.
IDPH is reporting a total of 1,353,226 cases, including 22,193 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois.
Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 77,312 specimens for a total of 23,281,801.
As of Friday night, 1,947 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19.
Of those, 466 patients were in the ICU and 252 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from May 1-May 7, 2021 is 2.9%. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from May 1-May 7, 2021 is 3.6%.
On Friday,107,688 vaccine doses were administered in Illinois.