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Coronavirus update: July 17th

Over 40,000 people tested for the coronavirus in Illinois for the second day straight. The Illinois Department of Public Health announced today that there are 1,384 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 22 additional deaths. 

 

In central Illinois, there are 33 new positive COVID tests with 21 of those in Sangamon County. There was 1 new death in Macon County. The seven-day positivity rates for the area as of July 4th, are Christian County at .7%, Montgomery County at 1.9%, Shelby County at .6%, Sangamon County at 1.6%, Macon County at 1.5%, Moultrie County at 1% and Fayette County at 0%.

 

IDPH is reporting a total of 159,334 cases, including 7,272 deaths. Labs over the last 24 hours have reported 43,692 tests for a total of 2,166,299 tests complete.  The seven-day positivity rate for all of Illinois from July 10th through the 16th is 3%. 1,431 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19.  Of those, 309 patients were in the ICU and 128 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

 

For health questions about COVID-19 call 1-800-889-3931 or email dph.sick@illinois.gov. For a complete look at breakdowns of the Regional Radio listening area visit taylorvilledailynews.com and click on the “current coronavirus cases by county” icon at the top of the page.

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