IDPH Reports Two Deaths From Area Counties

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Published on January 17 2021 6:23 am
Last Updated on January 17 2021 6:23 am
Written by Matt Robinson

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 130 additional COVID-19 related deaths on Saturday, including two from area counties. The department reported the death of a female in her 90s in Coles County and a female over 100 in Clay County.

There were also 5,343 new confirmed and probable causes of COVID-19 statewide among 102,372 test results. The statewide positivity rate has dropped to 6.3-percent for the past seven days.

There have now been 471,157 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Illinois with 781,150 doses of vaccine delivered to providers in Illinois with another 268,525 doses allocated to the federal government’s Pharmacy Partnership Program for long term care facilities.