Illinois COVID update today: IT reports 460 cases, 2 deaths

CHICAGO (WLS) – Illinois public health officials reported 460 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and two related deaths on Monday.

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There have been 1,397,089 cases of COVID in total, including 23,324 deaths in the state since the start of the pandemic.

The preliminary positivity of the seven-day statewide test from July 5 to 12 is 2%.

There continues to be marked differences in the regional positivity rate. Region 4, along the Missouri border, has the highest positivity rate at 7.11% while Region 11, which is Chicago, has the lowest at 1%.

In the past 24 hours, labs reported testing 16,404 samples for a total of 26,152,157 since the start of the pandemic.

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As of Sunday evening, 441 Illinois patients are said to be in hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 84 patients were in intensive care and 36 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

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A total of 12,825,103 vaccines were administered in Illinois on Sunday. The seven-day moving average of vaccines administered daily is 17,288. There were 14,341 vaccines administered in Illinois on Sunday.