Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 3,536 new coronavirus cases, 31 deaths

Thursday, April 15, 2021
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois public health officials reported 3,536 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 31 related deaths Wednesday.

There have been 1,288,934 total COVID cases, including 21,570 deaths in the state since the pandemic began.
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As of Tuesday night, 2,076 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 453 patients were in the ICU and 198 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported testing 88,390 specimens for a total of 21,371,760 since the pandemic began.

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The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from April 7-13, is 5%.

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A total of 9,386,135 doses of vaccine have been delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago.
A total of 7,482,650 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of Tuesday night. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 132,810 doses. There were 138,538 doses reported administered in Illinois Tuesday.
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The deaths reported Wednesday include:

-Carroll County: 1 male 70s
-Cook County: 1 female 20s, 1 female 30s, 1 female 50s, 3 males 60s, 1 female 70s, 4 males 70s, 2 females 80s, 3 males 80s
-DuPage County: 1 female 60s, 1 male 90s
-Kane County: 1 male 30s
-Lake County: 1 male 60s, 1 male 80s
-Madison County: 1 male 70s
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-McHenry County: 1 female 90s
-Peoria County: 1 female 40s
-Richland County: 1 female 60s
-Tazewell County: 1 male 80s
-Vermilion County: 1 female 30s, 1 female 70s
-Whiteside County: 1 female 30s
-Will County: 1 male 80s
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