State senator demands Illinois COVID-19 mitigations be lifted due to incomplete data

Published September 22, 2020 7:00pm ET



The state of Illinois has the third-best COVID-19 testing capacity of the country and is doing the most testing of other states in the region, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday.

A state Senator in a region with restrictions the governor put on businesses said the testing data is flawed and mitigations are “destroying livelihoods.” The senator said the restrictions need to be lifted.

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