Expand / Collapse search
☰

Medical examiner confirms 46 more COVID-19 deaths in Cook County

Updated  May 3, 2020 9:16am CDT
Coronavirus in Chicago
Sun-Times Media Wire

What schools and the workplace will look like in a post-COVID-19 world

CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates and Lenny Beaudoin, executive managing director of CBRE Project Management, talk about how things will change in classrooms and workplaces in wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

CHICAGO - The Cook County medical examiner’s office on Saturday confirmed another 46 deaths connected to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The newly confirmed fatalities bring the county’s toll to 1,779, the medical examiner’s office said.

Cook County makes up about 70% of the 2,559 deaths in Illinois. On Saturday, state health officials announced 2,450 new cases of the coronavirus in Illinois.

The state has now seen 58,505 people test positive for the virus.