until THU 8:00 AM CDT, DeKalb County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, Northern Cook County, Kenosha County

until THU 8:00 AM CDT, Eastern Will County, Grundy County, Kankakee County, Kendall County, La Salle County, Northern Will County, Southern Cook County, Southern Will County, Lake County, Newton County, Porter County, Jasper County

Over 2,200 new cases of coronavirus in Illinois, including 24 deaths

Published August 21, 2020 12:07pm CDT

Coronavirus in Chicago

Sun-Times Media Wire

Health officials on Friday announced 2,208 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois and 24 additional deaths due to the disease.

Friday's numbers bring Illinois to a total of 215,929 cases and 7,857 deaths across 102 counties, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 51,736 specimens for a total of 3,592,919.

The state’s rolling seven-day positivity rate is at 4.3%, health officials said.

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