COVID Update: IL reports 6,406 new coronavirus cases, 8 deaths

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois reported 6,406 new COVID cases and 8 deaths Wednesday.

There have been at least 3,274,360 total COVID cases as of Wednesday, including at least 33,796 related deaths in the state since the pandemic began.
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As of Monday night, 1,138 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 120 patients were in the ICU, and 35 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

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IDPH officials reported a seven-day case average of 41.6 per 100,000 people.
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A total of 22,270,391 vaccine doses have been administered in Illinois as of Tuesday, and 64.76% of the state's population is fully vaccinated. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 13,957.

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