Re: The stay-at-home order is extended until May 30 Archived Message
Posted by Bluangel  on April 23, 2020, 5:34 pm, in reply to "Re: The stay-at-home order is extended until May 30"
Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Illinois had 1,826 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past day, including 123 additional deaths. Illinois now has a total of 36,934 cases, including 1,688 deaths. A total of 173,316 people have been tested so far.
Pritzker has said Illinois needs to start seeing a steady drop in new cases before the order can be lifted, and recent models estimate the state won’t reach its peak of novel coronavirus cases until Mid-May. The governor also has said Illinois needs more extensive COVID-19 testing, a contact tracing system, and a treatment to lessen the severity of the disease before the order can be lifted, although he has said it could be modified, based on the advice of epidemiologists and other medical and scientific experts.
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