Illinois health officials reported 29,939 new COVID-19 cases over the past week, along with 499 additional deaths and over 150,000 new vaccine doses administered, marking a continued drop in cases and deaths.
The previous week, the state reported 60,389 new cases and 608 deaths. The week before that, 123,812 new cases and 843 deaths were reported.
In all, 2,987,502 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the state since the pandemic began, according to the latest data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. The additional deaths bring the state to 31,795 confirmed COVID fatalities.
The state has administered 707,521 tests since last Friday, officials said, bringing the total to more than 52 million tests conducted during the pandemic.
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The state’s positivity rate on tests in the last week dropped to 4.5%, a decrease from the 5.8% reported last Friday. Meanwhile, the positivity rate on individuals tested dropped to 5.8%, from 8% the previous week.
Over the past seven days, the state’s weekly vaccination average dropped to 24,334 doses, per IDPH data.
More than 20.8 million vaccine doses have been administered in Illinois since vaccinations began in December 2020. More than 66% of Illinois resident are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with more than 75% receiving at least one dose. More than 48% are also boosted.
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As of midnight Wednesday, 2,380 patients were hospitalized due to COVID in the state. Of those patients, 432 are in ICU beds, and 238 are on ventilators, both of which have decreased in the last seven days.
