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IL COVID Update: 1,741 COVID-19 cases, 30 deaths reported

ByABC 7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo

Monday, May 10, 2021

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Illinois COVID metrics allow the reopening Bridge Phase to start on May 14, and could move into Phase 5 as soon as June 11, Gov. Prtizker said.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois public health officials reported 1,741 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 30 related deaths Sunday.

A week from Friday, Illinois will move into its Bridge Phase of reopening, Gov. JB Pritkzer said.

There have been 1.35 million total COVID cases, including 22,223 deaths in the state since the pandemic began.

Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported testing 65,930 specimens for a total of 23,347,731 since the pandemic began.

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The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from May 2 to May 8, is 3.4%.

As of Saturday night, 1,870 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 452 patients were in the ICU and 232 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.

Governor JB Pritzker announced Thursday dates for when Illinois will move forward into the Bridge Phase of reopening and Phase 5.

A total of 9,908,489 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of Saturday night. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 73,622 doses. There were 80,843 doses reported administered in Illinois Saturday.

The deaths reported Sunday include:

- Cook County: 2 males 50s, 1 female 60s, 2 males 60s, 2 males 70s, 2 females 80s, 2 males 80s

- DuPage County: 1 female 90s

- Fulton County: 1 male 80s

- Grundy County: 1 male 60s

- Kane County: 1 female 80s

- Kendall County: 1 male 60s

- Knox County: 1 male 60s

- Lake County: 1 male 70s, 1 female 90s

- LaSalle County: 2 females 70s

- Livingston County: 1 male 80s

- McDonough County: 1 male 50s