Covid-19: Saturday, September 5

Today's statistics for Covid-19/ Evanston residents

  Confirmed cases: 1,012 (five new cases reported since yesterday) 

Active Cases: 61

Deaths: 72 (no additional deaths since yesterday), according to the city's Website.

Covid-19 statistics for Illinois

Today, Illinois health officials announced 2,806 new known cases of COVID-19 and 23 additional fatalities, bringing the total number of known infections in Illinois to 248,177 and the statewide death toll to 8,166 since the start of the pandemic.