Illinois health officials Wednesday announced 7,374 new cases of COVID-19 along with 178 additional deaths.
Since the pandemic began, a total of 955,380 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Illinois and the state’s death toll now stands at 16,357, health officials said.
The latest daily number of COVID-19 infection was the result of 74,573 tests. The seven-day positivity for cases as a percent of total tests from Dec. 23 to Dec. 29 is 7.6%.
Public health officials report 4,244 people were hospitalized late Tuesday with COVID-19, with 1882 patients in intensive care units and 496 patients on ventilators.