CHICAGO (WLS) — Governor JB Pritzker is visiting a mobile testing site Wednesday afternoon.
The testing site is at Coles Elementary School in the South Chicago neighborhood.
Earlier Wednesday, Governor Pritzker testified before a House of Representatives committee on the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
On Tuesday, Illinois reported 587 new COVID-19 cases and 37 deaths, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 148,452 with 7063 deaths.
Coronavirus testing: Where to get tested for COVID-19 in Illinois, Chicago area
Over a 24-hour period, Illinois performed 26,994 tests, bringing the state’s total to more than 1.8 million.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total tests from June 30 – July 6 is 2.5%.
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July 8, 2020 at 01:33PM
