A researcher works on the development of a vaccine against the new coronavirus COVID-19, in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on March 26, 2020. (Photo by DOUGLAS MAGNO/AFP via Getty Images)
CHICAGO - Illinois health officials Sunday announced another 79 deaths from the coronavirus and 6,003 new confirmed cases.
Since the start of the pandemic, the state has recorded 900,370 positive coronavirus cases and 15,202 deaths, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
The state’s testing positivity rate was reduced from 8.0%. Saturday to 7.8% Sunday, officials said.
As of Saturday night, 4,389 people in Illinois were hospitalized with COVID-19, with 991 in the ICU and 546 on ventilators.