State COVID roundup 6/17: all regions meeting criteria to advance

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Nearly 30,000 tests for COVID-19 were taken from Tuesday to Wednesday at labs across Illinois, with 546 coming back positive.

There have been 87 deaths reported over that same 24-hour period, statewide.

The state’s rolling seven-day positivity rate remained steady, at 3%.

Since testing began, 134,185 tests have come back positive out of a possible 1,258,328.

6,485 Illinoisans have died from coronavirus.

All regions of the state were meeting the metrics Wednesday to move to phase four of restore Illinois.