Pritzker says expected peak in COVID-19 cases pushed to mid-June

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday that Illinois has yet to reach a peak in COVID-19 cases and the peak could be weeks away.

During his daily news conference, done for the first time online from his home in Chicago after a staffer tested positive COVID-19 over the weekend, Pritzker said the peak could still be weeks away, possibly in mid-June.

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