Illinois Governor Gives Update On Covid-19 In Southern Illinois

Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker warns that additional restrictions designed to reduce the spread of COVID-19, will go into effect unless people begin to wear their masks and social distance from one another, during his daily press briefing, in Belleville, Illinois on Thursday, October 22, 2020. The number of cases statewide has increased over the last two weeks. On 10/22/2020, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,342 new COVID-19 cases and 69 related deaths, ticking up to numbers similar to March. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI