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By WJBC Staff
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday reported 8,757 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus and 177 additional deaths. Illinois has now reported more than one million cases since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a pandemic that has contained far too many tragic milestones, today’s marking of one million cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Illinois is heart-wrenching.
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) January 7, 2021
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1,008,045 cases, including 17,272 deaths. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 105,518 tests for a total 13,803,946.
As of last night, 3,921 in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 783 patients were in the ICU and 450 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day statewide rolling positivity is 8.5%.
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