State reports 126 additional COVID-related deaths

Posted on January 5, 2021
IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike visits a drive-through COVID-19 testing site. (Twitter/IDPH)

 

By WJBC Staff

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday reported 6,839 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus and 126 additional deaths.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 991,719 cases, including 16,959 deaths. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 87,083 tests for a total 13,617,454.

As of last night, 3,905 in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 800 patients were in the ICU and 457 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

The seven-day statewide positivity rate inched down to 8.5%.

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