Illinois COVID Cases Increase To 886,805 Deaths To 16,206

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Illinois

Total Cases

886,805

Confirmed Deaths

15,015

Probable Deaths

1,191

Total Tests Performed*

12,259,595

Recovery Rate**

98%

_{*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 12/18/2020.
Information to be updated daily.}