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By Neil Doyle
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday reported 6,516 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 68 additional deaths.
Public Health Officials Announce 6,516 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease https://t.co/IdOdqT6oVq
— IDPH (@IDPH) November 3, 2020
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 430,018 cases, including 9,878 deaths. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 82,435 specimens for a total 7,958,856. As of last night, 3,594 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 755 patients were in the ICU and 326 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The seven-day statewide rolling positivity rate is 8.2%.
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