SPRINGFIELD –  On Friday,  the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 7,377 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 181 additional deaths. With those cases, the state’s coronavirus death toll surpassed 15,000 on Friday. Statewide, the rolling seven-day average case positivity rate was 8 percent, which decreased four-tenths of a percentage point … Continue reading With 181 more deaths, state passes another COVID-19 milestone