CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Illinois health officials reported the state’s highest daily coronavirus caseload ever Thursday - 9,935 - while the state surpassed 10,000 deaths tied to the virus.
The two grim milestones come amid continually climbing coronavirus cases statewide.
To date, 10,030 people have died from COVID-19 in the state of Illinois. Those deaths were reported in all 102 of the state’s counties.
Additionally, Thursday’s daily caseload was 9,935, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
The previous high daily count was set on Halloween at 7,899, with the second-highest reported just Wednesday: 7,538 new COVID-19 cases.
The health department on Thursday also reported 97 more deaths, including 31 in Cook County, five in Lake County, four in DuPage County, three in Will County, and one in Kane County.
Illinois’ rolling testing positivity rate shot up to 9.1 percent from from 8.2 percent. Last week at this time it was 6.4 percent.
The state’s totals are now 447,491 coronavirus cases, including 10,030 deaths.
As of Wednesday night, 3,891 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 772 patients were in the ICU and 343 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.