782 new COVID-19 cases, 12 more deaths reported in Illinois
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a VERO E6 cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (orange), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detri (IMAGE POINT FR/NIH/NIAID/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Getty Images)
CHICAGO - Illinois health officials Monday reported 782 new COVID-19 cases along with with 12 additional deaths.
Additionally, 62,508 vaccine doses were administered Sunday, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
So far, over 4.6 million vaccine doses have been administered in Illinois, health officials said, with an average of 102,147 shots doled out per day over the last week.
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Since the pandemic began, the state has seen a total of 1,210,113 cases of COVID-19 and 20,955 deaths, health officials said.
As of Sunday night, 1,112 people in Illinois were hospitalized with COVID-19. Of those, 227 people were in the ICU and 95 were on ventilators.