Illinois Reports Decline in COVID Case Numbers While ‘Kraken' Variant Spreads in Midwest

Despite cases of the more contagious “Kraken” COVID-19 variant increasing in the Midwest, Illinois has seen a rather significant decline in new COVID cases over the past week, as well as improvements in counties’ community level status overall. According to the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, as of Friday, a total of 28 counties Illinois were...