ILLINOIS, USA — Editor's Note: The attached video was published March 5, 2021.
Tuesday, March 9 marks the first anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Illinois one year after Gov. J.B. Pritzker's emergency order.
On March 9, 2020, Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation after cases of COVID-19 had arrived in the state in notable numbers late February to early March.
The state's first COVID-related death was just over a week after the emergency proclamation on March 17. The victim was a woman from Chicago who was over 60-years-old and had an underlying health problem that exacerbated her condition.
She was among the first 100 Americans to lose their fight with the virus.
A year later, even though COVID-19 statistics and case numbers have been trending positively, the pandemic continues to ravage the nation.