Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks at a news conference in Belleville, Ill., Wednesday, March 18, 2020, saying he is prepared to order travel and quarantine restrictions in Illinois to limit the spread of coronavirus if scientific guidance recommends. (Derik Holtmann/Belleville News-Democrat via AP)
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Ill. virus cases top 200, include 42 tied to nursing home
CHICAGO (AP) — An additional 128 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Illinois, including 20 more individuals living or working at a nursing home in a southwestern suburb of Chicago, state officials announced Wednesday.