(WREX) � Governor J.B. Pritzker has activated the Illinois National Guard to help with the state’s response to the novel coronavirus.
According to a , Pritzker has activated approximately 60 service members to assist with the state’s response to COVID-19, which has sickened at least 160 people and has resulted in one death.
The Guard says 43 airmen from the Peoria-based 182nd Airlift Wing’s Medical Group will be activated, along with 17 planners and liaison officers from the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.
The news comes after state officials confirmed 55 new cases on Tuesday.
Officials also confirmed that a 61-year-old Chicago woman had died after being diagnosed with the virus, but an examination of medical records Wednesday will rule on an official cause of death.
