The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Sunday reported 2,727 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 9 additional confirmed deaths.
That brings the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 319,150, including 8,984 deaths.
Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 64,047 specimens for a total of 6.31 million. As of Saturday night, 1,776 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 388 patients were in the ICU and 159 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total tests ending on October 10 is 4.2%.
In the WSIU listening area, there was one COVID-related death reported on Sunday...a Fayette County woman in her 90's.
