State reports 2,270 new COVID-19 cases, 136 additional deaths

An additional 2,270 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Illinois in the past 24 hours, and there were 136 more deaths from the disease, state officials announced Wednesday during a daily new briefing in Chicago.That brings the total number of cases in Illinois to 68,232 and the total number of deaths to 2,974.Across the state, 4,832 people are in the hospital for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Of those patients, 1,231 are in the […]