SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois has topped 300,000 confirmed coronavirus infections since the pandemic hit the state about seven months ago.
The Illinois Department of Public Health said Saturday it has recorded 300,088 COVID-19 cases and 8,774 deaths across the state.
The agency added 2,442 new infections and 31 deaths to its totals on Saturday. Six deaths reportedly came from the Tri-County area, with two deaths in Peoria County. A man in his 70s and a woman in her 90s. Tazewell County had four deaths. A woman in her 60s, a woman in her 80s, a male in his 80s and a woman in her 90s.
Health officials on Friday issued a list of 28 counties scattered across the state that were considered at a “warning level” for the coronavirus.
A more comprehensive look at state and local COVID data is available HERE.
