Covid-19: Friday, August 7
- Nina Kavin
- Aug 7, 2020
- 1 min read
Today's statistics for Covid-19/ Evanston residents
Confirmed cases: 898 (12 new case reported since yesterday and the fourth consecutive day where five or more cases have been reported).
Deaths: 71 (no additional deaths since yesterday), according to the city's Website.
Covid-19 statistics for Illinois
For the first time in more than two months, the statewide count of newly confirmed cases of Covid-19 surpassed 2,000 in Illinois.
Today, public health officials said 2,084 new cases of coronavirus were logged during the last 24-hour period, and another 21 people with COVID-19 had died.
Earlier Friday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced his administration is filing new emergency rules to require businesses to enforce mask requirements that include the possibility of fines up to $2,500.
It would be helpful to understand whether these cases have been random, affecting people who have been careful/worn masks/mostly stayed home, or whether they are more obviously related to risky behaviors. If they are random, it’s worrisome. If they are the result of risky behaviors, these folks are the poster children of what not to do in a pandemic. Is there a way we can learn more about these new cases?