Illinois COVID Cases Increase To 991,719 Deaths To 18,562

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Total Cases

991,719

Confirmed Deaths

16,959

Probable Deaths

1,603

Total Tests Performed*

13,617,454

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 1/5/2021.
Information to be updated daily.}