SPRINGFIELD – The Metro East area on the Missouri border could be two days away from seeing stricter mitigations lifted if its COVID-19 test positivity rate stays where it is or decreases. The rate in Region 4 of the state’s COVID-19 mitigation plan hit 6.3 percent as of Sunday, Oct. 4 the latest day for … Continue reading Illinois reports another 42 COVID-19 deaths, more than 2,600 more cases