For fourth consecutive day, Illinois sets record for new COVID-19 cases

A day after Gov. JB Pritzker warned that the spread of COVID-19 could go exponential, public health officials reported a staggering 12,438 new cases across the state.It is the fourth consecutive day that a record-breaking amount of new cases has been reported and more than 2,000 higher than Friday’s total.All 11 of Illinois’ COVID-19 regions are under state mitigation measures meant to curb the spread of the virus, which Pritzker and public health officials […]