Will County Coronavirus Update: 1,012 Cases, Woman In 30s Dies

JOLIET, IL — Nine more residents of Will County have died as a result of the new coronavirus, including a woman in her 30s, according to Thursday's latest data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. Will County also announced that its number of coronavirus cases has topped 1,000.

Will County reported 1,012 cases, according to Will County Health Department spokesman Steve Brandy. The total number of deaths in Will County stands at 44, he said.

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Until now, nobody younger than 40 had died in Will County as a result of the illness, according to county data. Aside from two men in their 40s who died from the coronavirus, the overwhelming majority of deaths involving Will County residents have been senior citizens.

Besides the woman in her 30s, Will County's additional eight deaths were: a woman in her 60s, two men in their 60s, a man in his 70s, a woman in her 80s, two men in their 80s and a woman in her 90s, according to the state data.

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