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Nearly 2,500 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, 31 additional deaths

Published  October 3, 2020 12:25pm CDT
Coronavirus in Chicago
FOX 32 Chicago

CHICAGO - On Saturday, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,442 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 31 additional confirmed deaths.

Of the 31 deaths, six were reported in Cook County.

IDPH is reporting a total of 300,088 cases, including 8,774 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois.

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The seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent is 3.4%.  

Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 71,634 specimens for a total of 5,834,762. 

As of Friday night, 1,535 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19.  Of those, 361 patients were in the ICU and 140 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.