(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Illinois state health officials say more than 1 million coronavirus infections have now been tallied over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“In a pandemic that has contained far too many tragic milestones, today’s marking of one million cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Illinois deserves particular recognition,” Gov. JB Pritzker said in a news release Thursday.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 8,757 new confirmed or probable cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, including 177 additional deaths.
The Illinois death toll, to date, is 17,272 lives lost from COVID-19.
The state’s positivity rate on coronavirus test is under 10%.
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