IDPH announces 3,385 new cases of coronavirus

Posted on January 18, 2021
No COVID-19 update locally because the McLean County Health Department is closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (Facebook/Reditus Laboratories)

 

By WJBC Staff

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Monday reported 3,385 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus and 50 additional deaths.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1,072,214 cases, including 18,258 deaths. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 63,002 tests for a total 14,826,995.

As of last night, 3,345 in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 705 patients were in the ICU and 392 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate is 5.9%.

No COVID-19 update locally because the McLean County Health Department is closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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