This is the highest number of deaths reported in one day since 102 deaths were reported on February 11.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 1,861,254 COVID cases have occurred, including the deaths of 26,698 people in the state.
The 7-day state-wide test positive rate is 5.5%.
Within the last 24 hours, the institute reports that 174,247 new specimens have been tested for a total of 40,237,790 since the pandemic began.
As of Monday night, 3,029 patients in Illinois were reported to be hospitalized with COVID-19. Of these, 610 patients were in the ICU and 272 COVID-19 patients were on mechanical ventilation.
As of Monday, Illinois has been vaccinated a total of 17,768,693 times, with 58.84% of the state’s population fully vaccinated. The 7-day moving average of the daily vaccine is 69,951.
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Today’s Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 7,068 cases and 78 deaths
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