Illinois reported its largest daily increase in COVID-19 deaths Tuesday as Gov. JB Pritzker announced an additional 73 people lost their lives to the outbreak.

So far, 380 people have died from the virus.

In addition, there were 1,287 new cases of COVID-19 reported. The state’s total since the outbreak began is now at 13,549.

Additionally, the governor disclosed that someone working in his office has tested positive. The person, who was not identified, first felt ill nearly two weeks ago and has been recovering at home. The office has been deep cleaned.

Both the governor and Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said they have not been tested and did not have close contact with this employee. There have been no additional symptoms among employees at the Governor’s Office over the 12 days since the infected employee left the office.

The Governor’s Office reduced in-office staff and there are temperature checks for those who do still report to work.

Gov. Pritzker said the situation underscores how nobody is immune.

He also cautioned that the state’s numbers will get worse before they get better.

The governor said his administration has released more than 60 people from Department of Juvenile Justice and 1,100 from state prisons in response to infection concerns. He said his office continues to evaluate the situation and that all those released are low-risk.

Pritzker reported that 57% of the state’s 2,700 ventilators are available but the state remains concerned about meeting expected demand. A week ago, 68 percent were available. He thanked California Gov. Gavin Newsom for overnighting 100 ventilators to Illinois. The federal government also came through with 600 ventilators.

He said Illinois will “pay it forward” when in a position to do so.

Pritzker said officials are seeing a wide range in demand placed on hospitals. He pointed to Peoria where just 42 percent of ICU beds are available and the Edwardsville area where just 33 percent are available.

Pritzker was asked if people who don’t follow the stay-at-home order should be arrested. The governor said the orders ask people to do the right thing and he’s not encouraging arrests. But if people are actively encouraging others to engage in dangerous social gatherings, he said at some point it is worth considering a “real consequence.”

Pritzker was also asked about recent comments by Rep. Blaine Wilhour, an Effingham Republican, suggesting that the state discuss ending the stay-at-home order on the theory that the faster people get COVID-19 the faster there’s herd immunity and it could mean fewer infections.

The problem, said Pritzker, is the tradeoff is more people die.

“Guess what, if you let everybody have it all at once, which is what happens when you just let it go - you overwhelm your health care system, and more people die, a lot of people can die,” Pritzker said.

The governor said the idea was “an invitation to just let people die. I won’t do that.”