Illinois Reports Biggest Single-Day Jump in Cases, Deaths

In its largest single-day increase since the coronavirus pandemic began, Illinois reports 1,287 new COVID-19 cases and 73 more deaths.
The new numbers bring Illinois’ total number of confirmed cases to 13,549 and deaths to 380, according to Governor J.B. Pritzker. “There are so many tragedies here,” Pritzker said after revealing the new totals on Tuesday. “Let these numbers today be a reminder that this pandemic is deadly serious, so stay at home.”
Of Illinois’ confirmed COVID-19 patients, 1,166 are currently in intensive care units, state data reveals. About half of those patients are surviving on ventilators, health officials say. Here’s more from WGN-TV.

Here are some of the local county breakdowns of Covid-19 cases:

Will   888 cases   30 deaths
DeKalb   26 cases   1 deaths
DuPage  795 cases   26 deaths
Grundy   10 cases
Kankakee   107 cases   5 deaths
Kane   255 cases   18 deaths
Kendall   61 cases   2 deaths