Will County's Health Department issued a news release announcing that Will County has surpassed 10,000 coronavirus cases so far in 2020.
The region's positivity rate rose to 6.6 percent, with its average number of new daily hospital admissions up to 15, health officials said.
The average number of daily hospitalizations with suspected COVID-19 cases rose from seven to nine this week, even as positivity rates fell.
Positivity rates rose to 6.3 percent, drawing nearer to the 8-percent threshold that would trigger new restrictions.
Jameson's Pub on Joliet's Black Road announced that it is shutting down indefinitely because of the coronavirus case.
Contact tracing involves contacting people who have tested positive for COVID-19, then identifying the people they may have exposed.
Joliet Park Board officials indicated the person diagnosed with the coronavirus was not an employee.
About 720 Joliet nurses at St. Joe's hospital have walked the picket lines since Saturday, July 4.
About 280 nurses were participating in Monday morning's strike at AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.
The nurses at AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center have been working without a contract since May 9
The employee in the circuit clerk's office is the fourth person to test positive. Two judges and one sherrif's deputy have returned to work.
The one-day total of the new cases is the biggest since health officials announced 118 cases over a three-day period on Monday.
County health officials announced 24 new confirmed cases and one new death a day before Illinois prepares for further reopening on Friday.
The club will operate under reduced hours and group classes and lap swimming will require reservations to adhere to state safety guidelines.
On a day when Illinois' 24-hour positivity rate dropped to 2.4 percent and a day after there were no local deaths, three women have died.
The facility was closed over the weekend after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. The site is being cleaned before it reopens.
There is a "very high percentage" chance that 700 nurses could strike July 4, mainly over staffing levels at the Joliet hospital.
County health officials announced that there are now 6,419 residents who have tested positive while 313 local residents have died.
The Joyce Road location is closed after an employee tested positive for coronavirus.
Attorney Megan Shore-Toca of Levin & Perconti filed suit this week surrounding the death of 66-year-old Joliet resident Diane Brooks.
The Forest Preserve District is offering a series of Zoom webinars to help you learn how to use the preserves to get fit.
David Mitchell is one of 25 people who died at Symphony of Joliet, a facility with infection control problems, the plaintiff's lawyers say.
The Will County Health Department announced seven additional deaths on Tuesday, June 9.
Nurses employed at AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center voted over the past two days whether to authorize a strike.
Self-swab tests will be available starting Friday from 24 additional CVS pharmacies in Illinois, including one in Joliet.
Will County's total number of new coronavirus cases has been in decline in recent days.
Fitness International entered into a lease agreement for the property at 1745 Route 59 back on Dec. 28, 2006.
Four more people from Will County have died from the new coronavirus, Will County Health officials announced Thursday.
Several hundred Joliet nurses are expected to vote May 28-29 whether to go on strike. The nursing association's contract expired May 9.
Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk said there are now more than 4,000 new coronavirus cases that have been diagnosed in Will County since March.
The youngest victim to die from the coronavirus so far this week was a man in his 40s, according to the health department.
County health department spokesman Steve Brandy revealed that eight more people have died from the new coronavirus.
Will County's Health Department had reported zero coronavirus deaths during the previous two days.
The coronavirus testing site is the Walmart Supercenter on West Jefferson Street,
The Sunny Hill Nursing Home's number of deaths from the new coronavirus more than doubled during the past week's reporting.
The Will County Health Department now reports a total of 3,363 new coronavirus cases since March.
The employee is currently sheltering-in-place at home, according to officials at Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home in Joliet.
The number of deaths from the new coronavirus has climbed to 172 in Will County.
At least four Joliet nursing care centers have reported five or more new coronavirus deaths since March.
Will County continues to see more than 100 people diagnosed with the new coronavirus several days a week.