Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday afternoon 3,137 new COVID-19 cases had been discovered in the past 24 hours, with 105 additional deaths announced. The cases set a new single day record high in Illinois.
Deaths today included a male teenager in Will County.
IDPH now reports 56,055 cases of COVID-19 with 2,457 deaths across 97 counties. Local labs processed over 14,000 COVID-19 with 21% resulting in positive results today. There have now been 284,688 tests conducted in Illinois to date since the pandemic began.
