Illinois COVID Cases Increase To 970,590 Deaths To 18,173

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Total Cases

970,590

Confirmed Deaths

16,647

Probable Deaths

1,526

Total Tests Performed*

13,374,665

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.
** Recovered cases are defined as persons with initial positive specimen collection date > 42 days who have not expired.}

_{http://www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19#tab-0-0
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 1/1/2021.
Information to be updated daily.}