COVID-19 has killed 1 of every 500 Illinois residents

COVID-19 has now killed one in every 500 of Illinois’ 12.7 million residents.

The state surpassed that grim milestone recently as deaths from the virus now stand at 25,470, according to Illinois Department of Public Health records.

That includes 63 more COVID-19 deaths reported over the past three days by the state public health agency.

Illinois is now one of 29 states in the country where the death rate from the respiratory disease is at least one in every 500 residents.

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