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Jan 16, 2021 7:07 AM
(CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported 6,642 new COVID-19 cases on Friday with 123 new deaths (the new statewide totals show 1,059,324 confirmed cases with 18,049 deaths.) The latest hospitalization report shows 3,446 people with COVID-19 in statewide hospitals. Of them, 712 patients are in Intensive Care Units and 386 are on ventilators. For updates, go online to dph.illinois.gov, or if any questions, call the toll-free IDPH HealthLine, available around the clock, at 1-800-889-3931.
(CHICAGO) Following a decrease in COVID-19 test positivity rates and hospitalizations throughout Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker announced yesterday that regions across the state are now eligible to move out of Tier 3 mitigations, the strictest tier of Illinois’ resurgence mitigation plan, implemented shortly before Thanksgiving. Starting toda