SPRINGFIELD – While the number of new COVID-19 cases and people hospitalized in Illinois continue to decline, the state’s coronavirus death toll has surpassed 16,000. An additional 105 deaths were reported Monday, Dec. 28 by the Illinois Department of Public Health. That brings the total COVID-19 deaths in Illinois to 16,074 among 942,362 cases and … Continue reading Cases decline but Illinois COVID-19 death toll hits 16,000