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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday announced 6,239 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 116 additional deaths.
The seven-day statewide positivity rate continues to decrease and now sits at a flat 9% compared to 9.3% on Monday.
Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 84,764 specimens.
More people on Monday night were in the hospital compared to Sunday night.
As of Monday night, 4,571 people in Illinois were in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 981 were in the ICU and 557 were on ventilators.
