Bolingbrook Still Reporting High Weekly COVID-19 Cases

Bolingbrook IL

20 January, 2021

1:27 PM

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BOLINGBROOK, IL — Bolingbrook continues to have the third-highest number of new coronavirus cases in Will County, public health data shows. According to the Will County Health Department, Bolingbrook reported 239 new cases during the week of Jan. 4, following Joliet with 488 cases and Plainfield with 407. Throughout November and the first week of December — the only week that month for which WCHD provided data — the village has had the third-most number of weekly cases. The weekly number of cases reported were: Week of Nov. 2 - 257Week of Nov. 9 - 452Week of Nov. 16 - 424Week of Nov. 23 - 336Week of Nov. 30 - 410Week of Dec. 7 - 430 The WCHD on Tuesday reported 59,246 COVID-19 cases, an increase of 1,012 from Friday, and 805 deaths from the virus, an increase of seven during the same period. Will County is set to remain under Tier 3 coronavirus mitigations despite Gov. J.B. Pritzker's announcement Friday that some of Illinois can loosen its pandemic-related restrictions.