SPRINGFIELD – As COVID-19 case counts and positivity rates continue to rise in Illinois, so do new unemployment claims. The seven-day rolling average test positivity rate increased to 4.9 percent Thursday, Oct. 15 as the state reported another 4,015 confirmed cases of the virus, the largest one-day total aside from Sept. 4, when multiple days … Continue reading State’s 4,015 cases mark highest single-day total