Coronavirus cases top 3,000 in state

Illinois’ confirmed cases of coronavirus rose by another 488 Friday and eight more people died from the virus.The new numbers bring the state’s total to 3,026. There are now 34 deaths resulting from the illness.As Gov. JB Pritzker was delivering his daily update on the virus, it was reported that President Donald Trump had invoked the Defense Production Act to order General Motors to produce ventilators to be used in combating the disease. Pritzker had repeatedly [...]