Nearly 12,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in Illinois Saturday

Illinois public health officials announced 11,891 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, including 127 additional deaths.The numbers come a day after all regions of the state entered Tier 3 mitigations, which placed capacity limits on retail establishments, halted video gaming, closed casinos, and suspended indoor sports and recreational activities.These resurgence mitigations are an escalation from targeted mitigations that were enacted weeks ago on bars and restaurants. […]