Illinois reported 753 new COVID cases and 0 related deaths Monday as the omicron BA.2 subvariant continues to increase.
Illinois Dept. of Public Health officials also reported 519 new COVID cases on Sunday and 1,179 on Saturday. No confirmed deaths were reported for Sunday, and 18 deaths were reported on Saturday.
As of Sunday night, 529 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 97 patients were in the ICU, and 41 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators. According to the CDC, the BA.2 sub variant accounts for over 20% of the cases in Midwestern states, including Illinois. It is already causing a resurgence of cases in Europe, specifically the UK.
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