Over 1,300 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 1 death
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CHICAGO - Health officials announced Monday 1,319 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois and one death due to the disease.
Monday's numbers bring Illinois to a total of 195,399 cases and 7,637 deaths across 102 counties, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 32,353 specimens for a total of 3,106,341.
The state’s rolling seven-day positivity rate is at 4.1%, health officials said.
As of Sunday night, 1,481 people in Illinois were hospitalized with COVID-19. Of those, 352 patients were in the ICU and 138 patients were on ventilators.