Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 1,795 new coronavirus cases, 24 deaths; vaccine shipments from federal government impacted by weather
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The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported 1,794 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, with 24 deaths.
IDPH is reporting a total of 1,166,717 total COVID-19 cases, including 20,057 deaths.
As of Tuesday night, 1,719 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 375 patients were in the ICU and 176 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from Feb. 10-16 is 3.4%.
A total of 2,029,675 doses of vaccine have been delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago, with an additional 445,200 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered in Illinois to 2,474,875.