4/19/20 COVID-19 pandemic recap

Noah Maldonado, News Editor

In Illinois, there are 30,357 confirmed cases of COVID-19 per the Illinois Department of Health. There are 1,643 cases in Will County and 135 cases in Kendall County. Approximately 143,318 people have been tested for the virus within the state and 1,290 have died from the virus.
Nationwide, there are over 763,832 cases of COVID-19. 40,553 have died from the virus and over 71,003 have recovered.
Globally, there are 2,402,076 cases of COVID-19. As of now, among the countries impacted, Italy is at 178,972 cases; Iran is at 82,211 cases; Spain is at 198,674 cases; Germany is at 145,742 cases; and France is at 154,097 cases. 165,106 have died, and over 623,911 have recovered so far.