Coronavirus

Illinois eclipses 1.4 million COVID-19 tests, as health officials report 715 new cases

Statewide, 715 new coronavirus cases and 64 more virus-related deaths have been reported, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced Wednesday.

The new cases bring Illinois’ total to 138,540 cases since the COVID-19 pandemic began. There have been a total of 6,770 deaths in the state.

Laboratories have performed more than 1.4 million coronavirus tests statewide, with 29,331 of them recorded since Tuesday.

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