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Coping with COVID: May 13

New one-day record for deaths in Illinois. State on track to move into phase 3 of reopening plan by end of May. State receives shipment of remdesivir, a treatment for COVID-19. 

New record for deaths. Illinois officials reported the highest single-day death toll from COVID-19 on Wednesday, 192. That topped by a large margin the previous high of 144, which was reached on April 28 and May 12. Homewood remained at 22 deaths and Flossmoor…

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