Illinois COVID Cases Increase To 343,390 Deaths To 9,452

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Illinois

Confirmed Cases

339,803

Confirmed Deaths

9,192

Total Tests Performed*

6,696,257

Recovery Rate**

97%

_{*Total molecular and antigen tests performed and reported electronically for testing of COVID-19 at IDPH, commercial or hospital laboratories. All numbers displayed are provisional and will change.}

_{http://www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19
** Recovered cases are defined as persons with initial positive specimen collection date > 42 days who have not expired.
Recovery rate is calculated as the recovered cases divided by the sum of recovered cases and deceased cases.
Information regarding the number of persons under investigation updated on 10/17/2020.
Information to be updated daily.}

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Probable Cases and Deaths

Probable Cases

3,587

Probable Deaths

260

_{Information regarding the number of probable cases and deaths updated on 10/16/2020
Information updated weekly each friday.}