New alarming number of COVID cases in area counties

The Kankakee County Health Department announced an additional 34 cases of COVID-19 (Wednesday) bringing the overall total cases to 1,628. The number of deaths remains at 63. .
Iroquois County Public Health reported another 15 cases (Wednesday), bringing the total of confirmed cases to 198. Vermilion County set a single-day coronavirus case record of 12 new cases. Champaign County added eight new cases.

The State Public Health Department (Wednesday) reported 1,598 cases, the most since June 2.

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