Governor JB Pritzker gave a press conference on COVID-19 on Tuesday and along with Doctor Ngozi Ezike, Illinois Director of Public Health, says that COVID cases are way down in Illinois. 601 new cases were reported yesterday, compared to this time 6 weeks ago, when over 4,000 cases were reported. Dr. Ezike says more testing needs to be done.

There has also been a big drop in the number of coronavirus patients in the hospital, from well over 5,000 at the end of April to about 1,600 now. 

Christian County and Montgomery County both reported 0 new cases yesterday, with Christian County sitting at 45 cases and Montgomery County sitting at 41.