Milestone numbers Thursday. A number of milestones in the COVID-19 pandemic were reached on Thursday, May 7, as the state passed 70,000 cases and 3,000 deaths from the virus, and Homewood reached 200 cases and topped 20 deaths. The state has reached 70,873 total cases and 3,011 deaths. Homewood has lost 21 residents to the disease and Flossmoor 6. Most of Homewood’s deaths appear to have occurred at long-term care facilities, which have been…
