Illinois COVID Cases Increase To 879,428 Deaths To 15,985

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Total Cases

879,428

Confirmed Deaths

14,835

Probable Deaths

1,150

Total Tests Performed*

12,147,303

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.}

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** 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 12/17/2020.
Information to be updated daily.}