SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The number of new cases of COVID-19 continues to be lower in Illinois, along with the number of counties most at risk of spreading the disease.
The Illinois Department of Public Health says 25,084 new cases of COVID were reported in Illinois in the week ending Friday. That’s down more than 5,000 from the week before.
Another positive, the state says, 81 counties are now at high or medium levels of community spread of the virus, down from 93 the week before.
And once again, after weeks of being higher, Peoria and Tazewell Counties remain at medium community spread, with Woodford County remaining low.
56 people died in the last week from COVID, down slightly from the week before.
