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Free COVID-19 testing in Bureau and Putnam County

  SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health has several mobile testing teams that are dispatched to various locations around the state each week to provide COVID-19 testing.  Anyone can be tested, regardless of symptoms or immigration status.  There is no cost to the ...Read more

1,747 new COVID-19 cases, 35 additional deaths

  SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,747 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 35 additional deaths on Monday. – Boone County: 1 male 90s – Cook County: 1 male 40s, 1 female 50s, 2 males 50s, 3 males 60s, ...Read more