A recent rise in the number of COVID cases in Illinois continued unabated this week, as the state has seen new cases of the virus increase by more than 40%.
According to the latest data from the Illinois Department of Public Health, the state is seeing an average of 3,136 new cases per day over the last seven days. That represents an increase of 43.1% in the last week, bumping upward from 2,191 cases per day as of last Monday.While hospitalizations had largely been flat in the state earlier this month, those
. As of Monday, there are 688 hospitalized patients in the state that have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those, 77 are in intensive care unit beds, according to officials.
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