Health officials reported 808 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus in Illinois Tuesday, including 17 additional deaths.
The Illinois Dept of Public Health is now reporting a total of 1,377,249 cases since the pandemic began.
Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 42,841 specimens for a total of 24,309,118.
As of Monday night, 1,419 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 350 patients were in the ICU and 180 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from May 18-24, 2021 is 2.1%. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from May 18-24, 2021 is 2.7%.
In addition, 65% of Illinois adults have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose and 49% of Illinois adults are fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A total of 10,990,171 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of last midnight. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 79,485 doses. Yesterday, 49,402 doses were reported administered in Illinois.