The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 1,729 new confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus disease on Saturday. The agency is also reporting 22 additional deaths.
None of the deaths are in South Central Illinois and only one in Southern Illinois. A male in his 60’s was COVID-19 positive before his death in Johnson County.
The seven-day positivity rate continues to fall. It is now just 2.9-percent statewide.
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 1,947 in the hospital from COVID-19 related issues as of Friday night. 466 were in ICU and 252 were on ventilators.
More than 107,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered on Friday bringing the total to more than 9.8-million.