Illinois health officials report 2,994 new COVID-19 cases with 63 new deaths. State totals are now 61,499 cases including 2,618 deaths. The state reports the highest single-day total of 19,417 new tests to raise the number of tests processed to 319,313. More than 4,700 are hospitalized in the state with the coronavirus with 1,232 in intensive care units and 759 on ventilators.
Governor JB Pritzker said although at least two large parties in Chicago were broken up, several more had been planned and did not occur. Police issued no citations and Pritzker said the goal is to educate people about the social distancing restrictions and not necessarily issue tickets.
