4/6/20 COVID-19 pandemic & Dow Jones recap

Noah Maldonado, News Editor

In Illinois, there are 12,262 confirmed cases of COVID-19 per the Illinois Department of Health. There are 697 cases in Will County and 55 cases in Kendall County. Approximately 62,942 people have been tested for the virus within the state and 307 have died from the virus.
Nationwide, there are over 364,723 cases of COVID-19. 10,798 have died from the virus.
Globally, there are 1,341,907 cases of COVID-19. As of now, among the countries impacted, Italy is at 132,547 cases; Iran is at 60,500 cases; Spain is at 136,675 cases; Germany is at 102,453 cases; and France is at 99,959 cases. 74,565 have died, and over 276,259 have recovered so far.
The Dow Jones jumped +1,627 points, putting it at 22,680 points overall.