8,757 New COVID Cases Reported Statewide Thursday

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Published on January 7 2021 1:26 pm
Last Updated on January 7 2021 1:26 pm
Written by Greg Sapp

The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday reported 8,757 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease in the state. That number includes 177 additional deaths.

The total pushed the state's reported cases of COVID-19 to more than one million cases since the beginning of the COVID pandemic.

Of the COVID-related deaths, one was reported in Clay County, a female in her 60s; one in Coles County, a male in his 80s; one in Fayette County, a male in his 80s; and two in Marion County, a male in his 80s and a female in her 90s.