People wait in line in their cars to get tested for COVID-19 at Roseland Community Hospital on April 3, 2020. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
CHICAGO - The Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed Thursday that 74 more residents have died of coronavirus-related causes, bringing the county’s toll up to 1199.
Cook County now accounts for about 71% of the coronavirus deaths in Illinois.
Among the newly confirmed deaths is a 36-year-old Chicago man who had no underlying health issues, according to the medical examiner’s office. An autopsy ruled he died Wednesday of acute respiratory failure due to a COVID-19 infection.
Earlier Thursday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that 123 more people had died of COVID-19, raising the statewide total to 1,688.