State health officials announce 10,959 new cases of coronavirus

Posted on December 3, 2020
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate is 10.4%. (Facebook/Reditus Laboratories)

 

By WJBC Staff

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday reported 10,959 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus and 192 additional deaths. Some data reported to IDPH is delayed from the weekends, including this past holiday weekend.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 759,562 cases, including 12,830 deaths. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 106,778 tests for a total 10,806,364. As of last night, 5,653 in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 1,170 patients were in the ICU and 693 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate is 10.4%.

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