IL COVID Update: 1,729 COVID-19 cases, 22 deaths reported

Saturday, May 8, 2021
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois public health officials reported 1,729 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 22 related deaths Saturday.

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There have been 1,353,226 total COVID cases, including 22,193 deaths in the state since the pandemic began.

Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported testing 77,312 specimens for a total of 23,281,801 since the pandemic began.

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The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from May 1 to May 7, is 3.6%.

As of Friday night, 1,947 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 466 patients were in the ICU and 252 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

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A total of 9,827,646 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of Friday night. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 68,455 doses. There were 107,688 doses reported administered in Illinois Friday.

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The deaths reported Saturday include:

- Adams County: 1 male 70s
- Cass County: 1 male 60s
- Champaign County: 1 male 60s
- Cook County: 5 females 60s, 1 male 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 female 90s, 1 female over 100
- DuPage County: 1 female 80s, 1 female 90s
- Johnson County: 1 male 60s

- Kankakee County: 1 female 40s
- Lake County: 1 female 50s
- Macon County: 1 male 60s
- Tazewell County: 1 male 70s
- Whiteside County: 1 female 60s
- Will County: 1 female teens
- Woodford County: 1 female 70s
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