SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday announced 1,471 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 19 additional confirmed deaths, 10 of those outside of the Chicagoland area. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 184,712 cases, including over 7,500 deaths. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 42,598 tests performed.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from July 28 – August 3 is 3.9%. As of last night, 1,496 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 365 patients were in the ICU and 125 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
