Springfield, IL -(Vandalia Radio)- Just one day after the state saw its lowest one-day increase in COVID-19 related deaths in nearly a week, that number saw a large increase again on Monday as the Illinois Department of Health reported 74 additional deaths to bring the state’s total to 794 deaths. Included in Monday’s additional death total was Fayette County’s first reported COVID-19 related death, a female in her 90s from a congregate care facility.
IDPH also reported Monday that there have been an additional 1,173 confirmed cases of coronavirus to bring the state’s total number of cases to 22,025.
Just one county reported its first case of coronavirus on Monday as Johnson County has confirmed its first case. That makes 87 of Illinois’ 102 counties now listed as reporting at least one case of COVID-19.
Fayette County (11 cases), Bond County (4 cases), Marion County (13 cases), Effingham County (3 cases) and Shelby County (4 cases) all reported no change to their numbers Monday. Montgomery County (9 total cases) and Clinton County (38 total cases) both reported one additional case.
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