The Illinois Department of Public Health announced today that there are 1,532 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 19 additional deaths. Sangamon County has had a significant rise in cases and because of that have updated their Covid-19 policy.  To see that policy click here.

In central Illinois, there were 48 new positive COVID tests on Thursday and Friday morning with 21 of those in Sangamon County and 11 in Macon County. The region also reported 19 recoveries. The seven-day positivity rates for the area as of July 11th are Christian County at 1.4%, Montgomery County at 2.9%, Shelby County at .5%, Sangamon County at 2.7%, Macon County at 1.3%, Moultrie County at 2.3% and Fayette County at 1.3%. 

IDPH is reporting a total of 168,457 cases, including 7,385 deaths. Labs over the last 24 hours have reported 44,330 tests for a total of 2,432,523 tests complete.  The seven-day positivity rate for all of Illinois from July 17th through the 23rd is steady at 3.4%. 1,471 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19.  Of those, 325 patients were in the ICU and 115 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.