CHICAGO (AP) - Public health officials from Illinois reported 156 additional COVID-19 deaths on Friday and 5,742 confirmed and probable infections.
Overall, the state has had 930,849 cases and 15,799 deaths, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
In the last 24 hours, the state has reported nearly 100,000 COVID-19 tests for a total of nearly 13 million tests since the beginning of the pandemic. State testing sites were closed Friday.
The state reported 4,352 people were being hospitalized for COVID-19 with 928 in intensive care units.
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