State reports highest daily total of COVID cases since early May

Posted on July 23, 2021
As far as variants go, there have been over five times as many cases of the new gamma strain than the delta variant in Illinois. (Facebook/Illinois National Guard)

By IIS Radio

SPRINGFIELD – Nearly 2,000 cases of COVID-19 were reported Thursday in Illinois, the highest one day total since early May.

The latest daily total is 1,993 cases and six additional deaths. Gov. JB Pritzker says they are carefully watching the numbers.

“We are constantly monitoring COVID across the state and we will impose mitigations when and how we need to,” Pritzker said. “As you know, I’ve not been renascent to do that, and especially because we want to keep people safe. Especially those who are unvaccinated that are most at risk.”

The governor says 99% of COVID patients in the hospital who have recently died were not vaccinated.

As far as variants go, there have been over five times as many cases of the new gamma strain than the delta variant in Illinois.

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