Covid-19 Thursday July 16

Today's statistics for Covid-19/ Evanston residents

Confirmed cases: 830 (five new cases reported since yesterday)

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

Covid-19 statistics for Illinois

The state announced, on Thursday 1,257 new known cases of COVID-19 and 25 additional fatalities, bringing the total number of known cases to 157,950 and the statewide death toll to 7,251 since the start of the pandemic.