SPRINGFIELD – The state’s COVID-19 case positivity rate is below 3 percent for the first time since July and hospitalizations for the disease continued on a steady decline Monday, Feb. 15 as confirmed deaths topped 20,000 since the pandemic began. As of Sunday night, Feb. 14 there were 1,789 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Illinois, … Continue reading COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline