Two cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Sangamon County medical personnel detailed in a press briefing at the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation.
Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder is urging city residents to act cautiously but not panic following the disclosure of two Sangamon County residents testing positive for COVID-19.
Paper ballots and tabulating machines not connected to the internet are among elements of the voting process that should give voters confidence that their ballot cast in Tuesday's primary will count.
If people are feeling sick and think they might have the coronavirus, medical leaders in Sangamon County stress that they should call ahead, and not appear at a hospital emergency room or doctor's office, where they might infect others.
*It's really going to be a different look and sound around the Capitol as state government continues to wrestle with how to cope with the coronavirus outbreak.
Precautions against the spread of coronavirus are being taken at Sangamon County's 81 polling places, where voters will cast ballots in Tuesday's primary election.
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