RALEIGH — As vaccinations begin to make an impact in Avery County through local health department rollout, statistics for COVID-19 on the local and state levels continue to concern health
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The state’s positivity rate increased to 8.1%, the fifth straight day it has gone up.
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 970,590 cases, including 16,647 deaths.
Nationally, the Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center reported Friday that the U.S. had gone over 20 million positive cases.
Statewide, laboratories had done 97,222 tests in the last 24 hours.
As of Thursday evening, 4,093 patients were in Illinois hospitals with COVID-19 and of those, 837 patients were in the intensive care unit. There were 496 patients with COVID-19 on ventilators.
The Sangamon County Department of Public Health was closed Friday for New Year s Day. It will issue its next report on Monday. That report will cover case counts from Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
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