The Illinois Department of Public Health reported just over 1,700 confirmed and probable new cases of coronavirus on Monday, with 35 additional deaths attributed to the virus.
According to the most recent IDPH data, 1,747 cases have been reported in the past 24 hours. These new cases raise the total across the state to 1,148,088 since the pandemic began.
The additional 35 deaths bring the state to 19,668 deaths during the pandemic.
In the past 24 hours, state laboratories have received 47,210 new specimens for testing. The state’s seven-day continuous positivity rate for all COVID tests dropped to 3.3%, while the positivity rate in tested individuals has remained stable at 4.1% over the past seven days.
There are currently 2,161 individuals hospitalized due to COVID-19 in Illinois, with 469 of these patients in intensive care units. Another 251 patients are currently on ventilators.
According to IDPH data, a total of 1,638,125 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to providers in Illinois and Chicago, with another 496,100 doses allocated to the federal government’s program to assist long-term care facilities in vaccination of teams and patients. This brings the total Illinois dose to 2,134,225.
Of these doses, 1,358,967 were administered across the state during the pandemic. The state set a new one-day record on Saturday, with 48,359 doses of the vaccine administered.
On Sunday, 16,110 doses were administered.