Illinois health officials reported 3,630 newly confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus and 13 additional deaths in the last day, along with a record 175,000 vaccinations.
According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, the new cases on Saturday brought the country to 1,276,830 since the pandemic began last year. Although less than Friday, the number of new cases has continued to increase in Illinois over the past few weeks, and some officials fear a new upswing could occur.
Saturday’s 13 additional deaths brought the state to 21,489 confirmed COVID deaths during the pandemic.
In the last 24 hours, 84,478 samples of the coronavirus test were returned to government laboratories, with more than 21.1 million now being carried out during the pandemic.
The positive positivity across the country remained the same on Saturday, with 4.2% of all tests achieving positive results. The positivity rate for individuals tested over the past seven days has dropped to 4.7%, according to IDPH data.
According to the latest data, the state reported 175,681 vaccinations administered on the last day. Friday’s vaccinations brought the average of seven days of vaccines to 122,674 doses.
As of Saturday, the state had administered more than 7 million doses of coronavirus vaccine during the pandemic, while receiving 9,001,105 doses.
As of midnight, 1831 patients are currently being admitted to hospital due to COVID, with the numbers gradually tapping upwards over the past month. Of the patients, 381 are in ICU beds and 178 are currently in ventilators in the state.