Over 62-Hundred COVID-19 Cases Reported In Illinois

Health officials are reporting over 62-hundred new COVID-19 cases in Illinois.  Officials announced the cases yesterday, along with 20 additional deaths.  More than 33-hundred people are reported hospitalized with the virus, with over 700 patients in the ICU and almost 300 of those on ventilators.  The state’s preliminary seven-day positivity rate for the period ending Sunday is eight-point-one.  More than 423-thousand people in the state have tested positive for the virus and over 98-hundred have died since the pandemic began.