In a Massmail on Wednesday, Chancellor Robert Jones said the University plans to announce whether fall semester will have in-person instruction sometime in mid-June. Jones said the same to a group of alumni in a virtual town hall on Friday.

The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District announced nine more cases of the coronavirus in Champaign County on Wednesday, pushing the countywide total to 217 cases.

Of the 217 cases, 95 are active, 119 have recovered and six have died. Six people with active cases are currently hospitalized. Fewer than 5% of Champaign County’s 2,869 tests have proved positive.

County health officials recommend anyone with symptoms — fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, fatigue and loss of taste or smell — to get tested.

Confirmed cases of coronavirus as of May 4, 11 p.m. CDT 

World: 3,755,379 cases (+91,468); 263,831 deaths (+6,543); 1,245,418 recoveries (+46,104)

United States: 1,228,603 cases (+24,128); 73,431 deaths (+1,723); 189,910 recoveries with 7,759,771 tested (+215,443)

Illinois: 68,232 cases (+2,270); 2,974 deaths (+136) with 361,260 tested (+14,974)

Chicago: 27,440 cases (+834); 1112 deaths (+44)

Champaign County: 217 cases (+9); 6 deaths; 116 recoveries (+3) with 4,559 tested (+322)

Numbers from Johns Hopkins University’s COVID-19 Map, coronavirus.illinois.gov and c-uphd.org

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