First, it was mid-April. Then mid-May. Monday afternoon, Governor JB Pritzker announced the peak of Illinois' hospitalizations will come in mid-June.

After adding data to the models the Governor is using, he says the more data points they can track, the more accurate the projections become. He says the state is seeing stabilizing in numbers but we are not on the backside of those numbers.

Despite progress, the Governor says pushing out the estimated peak is a natural consequence of flattening the curve. He adds the virus cannot be stopped without a vaccine and the rate of transmission needs to be slowed over a longer period, giving the healthcare system the ability to treat individuals. He says mitigation efforts are saving lives.