Illinois COVID Update Today: IL reports 2,082 new cases of coronavirus, 20 deaths

CHICAGO (WLS) – Illinois health officials reported 2,082 new cases of COVID-19 and 20 deaths on Tuesday.

The total number of cases in Illinois is now 1,150,170, with a total of 19,686 deaths since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the past 24 hours, laboratories reported 55,705 samples for a total of 16,739,500.

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As of Monday night, 2,117 patients in Illinois were hospitalized with COVID-19. Of these, 497 patients were in the ICU and 240 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

The preliminary positivity of the seven-day state test, from 2 to 8 February, is 4.0%.

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A total of 1,638,125 doses of vaccine were delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago, with an additional 496,100 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered to Illinois to 2,134,225 .

IDPH reports that a total of 1,417,156 doses of vaccine have been administered, including 216,522 in long-term facilities. The seven-day moving average of vaccines administered is 55,455.

IDPH says vaccine delivery numbers are reported in real time and vaccine delivery numbers take up to 72 hours.

The Coronavirus test sites in Chicago will be closed due to “inclement weather” until Wednesday,

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The city’s indoor vaccination sites will remain open, as will the mass vaccination site at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. Officials said the need to shift workers frequently in the cold could cause delays.

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Deaths reported on Tuesday include:

– Clinton County: 1 70 year old man
– Cook County: 1 man 40 years old, 1 woman 60 years old, 1 man 60 years old, 1 woman 70 years old, 2 men 70 years old, 1 man 80 years old
– Edwards County; 1 man 70 years old

– LaSalle County: 1 woman 70 years old, 1 man 70, 1 woman 90
– Madison County: 1 man from the 80s
– McDonough County: 1 man from the 80s
– McHenry County: 2 men 70 years old
– McLean County: 1 woman from the 80s
– Monroe County: 1 man from the 90s
– St. Clair County: 1 70 year old man
– Winnebago County: 1 woman from the 90s

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