Covid-19 Friday July 17

Today's statistics for Covid-19/Evanston residents

Confirmed cases: 831  (one new case reported since yesterday)

Deaths: 71 (no additional deaths since yesterday), according to the city's Website.

Covid-19 statistics for Illinois

Today the state announced 1,384 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 additional fatalities, bringing the total number of known cases to 159,334 and the statewide death toll to 7,272 since the start of the pandemic. Officials also reported 43,692 new tests in the last 24 hours, a new daily record. Only four days — five including today’s numbers — have more than 35,000 tests reported.