Winnebago County announces 72 new positive cases of COVID-19, 2,421 total

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There are 10,764,540 individuals in Illinois who qualify to become organ/tissue donors. Of those, 65 percent have registered as organ/tissue donors.

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There are 17 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed by the Winnebago County Health Department Wednesday.

The newly announced deaths include a male in his 60s, two females and a male in their 70s and a female in her 80s.