home to 42. many students and staff members in various schools and colleges in illinois also tested positive. on march 19, there were 134 new coronavirus cases reported throughout the state along with three deaths which included a male in his 50s from will county, a female in her 80s from cook county, and an out-of-state female in her 70s who was in sangamon county. the number of cases being reported has rapidly risen as the tests are becoming more readily available along with an increase in testing by and hospital and commercial laboratories. the health departments of adams and mclean counties announced that they each had a confirmed case of covid-19. the chicago theater and empty streets on march 20, 2020 on march 20, the illinois department of public health announced that there was an increase of 163 new cases along with the death of a woman in her 70s in cook county. the age range for those with confirmed contraction of the covid-19 disease was from 3 to 99. christian county announced the first confirmed case contracted within that county. work began on converting mccormick place into an alternate care facility for 3,000 patients. the $15 million project was paid for by fema and was scheduled for completion on april 30. on march 21, there was an increase of 168 confirmed cases and another death, a man in his 70s in cook county. this brought the total deaths from the coronavirus disease to six. dekalb county reported its first confirmed case. thousands of residents of rogers park, chicago participated in #chicagosingalong singing livin' on a prayer by bon jovi. bon jovi sent congratulations via instagram. streets of chicago, empty on march 22, 2020 on march 22, the number of confirmed cases rose by 296 bringing the number of covid-19 cases to 1049, one an infant. officials announced three new deaths related to the disease, two men from cook county that were in their 80s and a mclean county woman in her 70s. jo daviess, livingston, rock island, and stephenson counties all reported their first case. chicago "l" tracks in chicago over wabash avenue with empty streets on march 23, 2020 on march 23, officials announced another 236 cases and three more deaths, all men from cook county, two in their 80s and one in his 90s. monroe county announced its first case, bringing the total counties with confirmed cases to 31 of 102. on march 24, there were 250 more confirmed cases of the coronavirus and four deaths. the dead were three from cook county, two in their 60s and one was a male in his 50s; the fourth was a dupage county resident in her 90s. grundy county reported its first case. on march 25, 330 more cases were announced along with three more deaths. the deaths were a will county woman in her 50s, a cook county man in his 60s, and a kane county man in his 90s. two illinois department of corrections (idoc) correctional officers along with one man incarcerated at stateville correctional center tested positive with the coronavirus along with a contractual worker at sheridan correctional center. both correctional facilities went on 14-day lockdowns as a precaution. at the stateville facility, those who have been identified as being potentially exposed were quarantined to reduce risk to others. idoc determined, after consulting with idph, that the staff and incarcerated men at the sheridan facility was at low to medium risk of exposure. two other incarcerated men at north lawndale adult transition center were confirmed to have the disease. douglas, marshall, and morgan counties have reported their first confirmed cases. northern illinois university (niu) announced that two students tested positive for covid-19. one of the students was briefly on campus on march 16 whereas the other student had not been on the campus since march 3 but had recently traveled with a small group of niu students. on march 26, the idph announced 673 new cases of coronavirus disease and seven deaths. the dead were a woman in her 90s, a man in his 70s, two men and two women in their 60s and a man in his 50s; no county information for these individuals was given. iroquois county public health department officials announced the first confirmed positive case in iroquois county. on march 27, another 488 new confirmed cases were announced along with eight new deaths. of the fatalities caused by the coronavirus disease, seven were over the age of 60. bureau and henry counties announced cases on this date. on march 28, officials announced another 465 new confirmed cases along with thirteen deaths, one an infant in cook county. the other twelve deaths were from the following counties: cook (two males in their 60s, two males in their 70s, a female in her 70s, a female in her 80s, and a male in his 80s), mchenry (a male in his 50s), kane (two males in their 70s), lake (a female in her 90s), and will (a female in her 90s). carroll, fayette, and macon counties reported their first cases on this day. on march 29, there were 1,105 new cases and 18 additional deaths in six illinois counties. deaths were reported in the following counties: cook (a male in his 50s, two females in their 60s, two males in their 70s, three females in their 70s, two in their males 80s, and a female in her 80s), dupage county (a male in his 60s), kane (a male in his 40s and two males in their 90s), kendall (a male in his 60s), lasalle (a male in his 80s), and st. clair (a female in her 70s). bond, knox, menard, and montgomery counties reported their first confirmed cases on this date. the same day, illinois governor j.b. pritzker announced that an infant in the city of chicago died after testing positive for covid-19. this death, which was first death for any infant in the united states who tested positive for covid-19, came despite the fact that infants made up a small fraction of covid-19 related deaths worldwide. on march 30, dr. ngozi ezike, director of the idph, announced that there were 461 new cases and eight deaths. counties that reported deaths were cook (a male in his 50s, a male in his 60s, a female in her 60s, a female in her 70s), dupage (a male in his 60s), kendall (a female in her 60s), and will (a male in his 50s and a male in his 60s). one death was an incarcerated man from stateville correctional center. additionally, there were twelve men that are incarcerated at stateville who were hospitalized, with several requiring ventilators. an additional 77 prisoners with symptoms were isolated at the facility and eleven staff members were isolated. testing for covid-19 disclosed the first case of infection on march 22 in cook county jail. 10% of the 5,000 inmates were released as a cautionary measure, but the number of infections had risen to 134 by march 30. the first confirmed cases of coronavirus disease were announced on this day for clark, crawford, marion, randolph, and saline counties. on march 31, an additional 937 confirmed cases were announced along with 26 deaths that brought the death total to 99. ford and ogle counties reported their first confirmed cases. the following counties had deaths related to the disease: cook (two males in their 50s, a male in his 60s, two females in their 60s, five males in their 70s, two females in their 70s, three males in their 80s, a female in her 80s, and a male in his 90s), dupage (two females in their 70s), kane (a male in his 80s), lake (a female in her 60s), mclean (a male in his 70s), morgan (a male in his 80s), st. clair (a female in her 30s), will (a male in his 80s and a female in her 80s). april 2020 on april 1, massac and vermilion counties both saw their first reported cases. on april 2, logan, macoupin, mercer, moultrie, and piatt counties all reported their first confirmed cases. on april 3, dewitt, effingham, and jersey counties reported their first confirmed cases of the disease. on april 4, there were an additional 1,453 new cases along with 33 deaths across the state. these new cases brought illinois over the 10,000 mark for a total of 10,357 confirmed coronavirus cases. jasper, lee, mason, and pike counties all reported their first confirmed cases on this date. on april 5, boone, calhoun and gallatin counties reported their first confirmed cases. on april 7, officials with idph announced that there were 73 deaths due to the coronavirus, which as of this date was the highest increase of deaths since the pandemic began within the state. coles, lawrence, richland, and shelby counties all reported their first cases on this date. counties that reported deaths included champaign, christian, cook, dupage, ford, kane, kankakee, lake, madison, mchenry, monroe, tazewell, will, and winnebago. members of the illinois air national guard assemble medical equipment at the mccormick place convention center in response to the covid-19 pandemic in chicago. april 8, 2020 on april 9, hancock, pulaski, and schuyler counties reported their first confirmed cases. on april 10, fulton and greene counties announced their first confirmed cases. on april 11, mcdonough, perry and warren counties reported their first cases. the illinois department of veterans affairs reported that an employee of the illinois veterans home in manteno tested positive for covid-19 and is isolating at their home. there was no indication of any residents contracting the disease at any of the illinois veterans homes throughout the state. at the prince home, a separate stand-alone facility on the manteno grounds, which serves homeless veterans, four employees and two homeless veterans tested positive for covid-19. on april 12, the number of tests that had been performed passed 100,000. on april 13 johnson county announced their first confirmed case. on april 14 clay county announced their first case. on april 15 the director of the illinois department of public health, dr. ngozi ezike, announced union county's first reported case. on april 16 the number of positive cases of the coronavirus disease passed 25,000 with 1,140 new cases for a total of 25,733 cases. alexander county reported its first confirmed case on this date which brought the number of counties with cases to 90 of the 102 within the state. there were an additional 124 deaths, which was the highest daily death total to date, to bring the total deaths to 1,072. on april 17, the single day total of confirmed cases rose by 1,842 cases to bring the total cases to 27,575. this was due to the increased number of tests being performed daily across illinois. henderson and wayne counties both reported their first cases of the coronavirus which brought the counties with confirmed cases to 92 of the 102 counties within the state of illinois. on april 18, officials announced hamilton county's first case. on april 19, cook, dupage, kane, madison, monroe, sangamon, st. clair, and will counties all reported deaths which increased the deaths by 33 for a total of 1,290. on april 20, cass and white counties both announced their first confirmed cases. on april 21, hardin county announced its first confirmed case. may 2020 on may 1, the number of new daily cases in the state reached 2,342 for a cumulative total of 56,055 cases. on may 4, the number of new daily cases peaked at 2,556 new daily cases. between may 13 and 15, the number of new daily deaths peaked at 117. on may 20, the state hit 100,000 cumulative cases. june 2020 on june 22, the state hit a nearly three-month low of 462 new daily cases, though numbers afterwards began to rise again, hitting 143,185 cumulative cases by the end of the month. july 2020 on july 3, the number of cumulative deaths passed 7,000. on july 9, the number of new daily cases continued to rise in july, reaching 150,000 cumulative cases. on july 16, 43,006 new tests were reported within 24 hours, setting a new daily record. in cook county, the number of daily new cases was predicted to be less than 500 on average in the next two weeks. on july 24,