COVID-19 deaths count in Cook County tops 2,500: medical examiner
A healthcare worker hands out testing information to people waiting at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site on Northwest Side of Chicago, the United States, on May 6, 2020. (Photo by Joel Lerner/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/ via Getty Images)
The Cook County medical examiner’s office has confirmed another 86 deaths related to COVID-19.
There are now 2,552 deaths in Cook County from the coronavirus, the medical examiner’s office announced Tuesday.
Deaths in Cook County account for 73% of all COVID-19 deaths in Illinois, which stands at 3,459.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Illinois is more than 79,000, according to the state’s health department.