Illinois officials say the state is hitting its COVID-19 peak — and that’s actually good news

For weeks, Illinois officials have said the state has been “bending the curve” on the COVID-19 pandemic’s rate of growth. Now the state’s leaders say they think Illinois is reaching the peak, based on models by Illinois researchers that officials unveiled Thursday.

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What do the models say?
Models can look at lots of different things, from new positive test results to hospital bed usage. To estimate the peak, the state showed two models Thursday that look at the number of deaths due to the novel...