SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois health officials announced 1,604 new cases of coronavirus Sunday and 14 additional deaths.
There are now a total of 287,930 total cases of coronavirus in the state since the pandemic began and 8,601 deaths.
In the last 24 hours, there have been 50,822 new tests collected for a total of 5,479,510.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate from Sept. 20 to Sept. 26 is 3.7%.
As of Saturday night, 1,486 people in Illinois were hospitalized with coronavirus. Of those, 144 were on ventilators.
