Illinois’ Region 6 and Region 7 numbers are working in our favor. It’s been a trend of late to show a downward trend. Iroquois and Ford County are in Region 6 where the rate Thursday was 8.5%. The Iroquois County number (Thursday) was 9.8. Region 7 was at 12.1 percent, while Kankakee County was 8.2 and Will County 13.1

Area counties again recorded deaths from the virus. Will County had seven additional people pass away.

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