CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton says she has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19.
Stratton, the state’s second-in-command said Thursday on Twitter that she had mild symptoms and “will isolate as I recover.”
She was fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and had also received a booster shot. Stratton urged Illinois residents to “get vaccinated,” get a booster shot, and to wear a mask.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports Stratton is among nearly 117,000 Illinoisans who have tested positive for the coronavirus over the past week. That’s the state’s largest spike in infections since the pandemic began. Almost a quarter of Illinois residents eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine remain unvaccinated.
