4/16/20 COVID-19 pandemic & Dow Jones recap

Noah Maldonado, News Editor

In Illinois, there are 25,733 confirmed cases of COVID-19 per the Illinois Department of Health. There are 1,494 cases in Will County and 119 cases in Kendall County. Approximately 122,589 people have been tested for the virus within the state and 1,072 have died from the virus.
Nationwide, there are over 670,353 cases of COVID-19. 34,617 have died from the virus and over 57,508 have recovered
Globally, there are 2,157,108 cases of COVID-19. As of now, among the countries impacted, Italy is at 168,941 cases; Iran is at 77,995 cases; Spain is at 184,948 cases; Germany is at 137,698 cases; and France is at 147,091 cases. 143,844 have died, and over 543,519 have recovered so far.
The Dow Jones rose +33 points, putting it at 23,538 points overall.