Illinois logged another 19 coronavirus deaths Monday, and an additional 473 new cases of the deadly virus — the lowest number of new infections on any given day since the state came under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order.
Those new cases bring the state’s total to 133,016 cases and 6,326 deaths in 101 counties in the state.
The 473 new cases is the lowest daily tally since March 30, which saw 461 cases. It also marks the first day with fewer than 500 new cases since late March. Pritzker’s initial stay-at-home order came on March 21. Just one week ago, Illinois Public Health Department officials announced 1, 156 new cases.
The 19 deaths mirrors the fatality count for Sunday, the lowest in months, and continues a downward trend for the month of June.
On Sunday, Illinois recorded a day with 19 deaths from COVID-19, bringing the state’s pandemic death toll to 6,308. It was the first time that the state saw fewer than 20 deaths on any given day since in the previous two months.
Although numbers are usually lower on weekends due to a lack of reporting, Monday’s and Sunday’s fatality counts are still the lowest the state has seen since April 2, when 16 deaths were announced.
So far, June has seen only two days with more than 100 additional deaths reported, a departure from May, when the daily fatality count averaged just under 100 deaths a day.
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