IDPH reported a total of 1,198,335 COVID-19 cases, including 20,763 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
As of Saturday night, 1,141 patients in Illinois were reported hospitalized with COVID-19. Of these, 255 patients were in the ICU and 112 patients with COVID-19 on ventilator.
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In the past 24 hours, laboratories have tested 68,094 samples for a total of 18,640,190 since the start of the pandemic.
The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from Feb. 28-March 6 is 2.3%.
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A total of 3,824,675 doses of vaccine have been delivered to suppliers in Illinois, including Chicago, with an additional 443,700 doses assigned to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered in Illinois to 4,268,375.
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IDPH reports that a total of 3,358,214 vaccine doses have been administered, including 344,569 in long-term facilities. The seven-day moving average of vaccines administered is 98,183.
98,550 doses of vaccine were administered on Saturday.
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Illinois’s first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant from Brazil was identified in a patient in Chicago
Northwestern Medicine researchers said they identified the P.1 for the first time. variant, which was first found earlier this year among travelers from Brazil during an airport screening in Tokyo. The Brazilian variant has since been found in several other countries.
The deaths reported Saturday include:
– Cook County: 2 men 40, 1 woman 60, 1 man 60, 1 man 80
– Kankakee County: 1 male 1960s
– Kendall County: 1 female 70’s
– Lake County: 1 male 70s
Livingston County; 1 woman 1960s
Madison County: 1 woman in 40, 1 woman in 60
– Massac County: 1 male 70s
– Peoria County: 1 female ’80s
– Will County: 1 man in his 80s
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