Public health officials announce 2,341 new COVID-19 cases in Illinois

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced on Monday, May 4 that 2,341 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had been diagnosed in Illinois, including 46 additional deaths.

Deaths include six people in Will County: 1 female 30s, 1 male 50s, 3 females 70s, and 1 male 80s.

The total number of cases that have been diagnosed in Will County are 3,066, with a total of 169 deaths in the county.

Locally, the IDPH is reporting 15 confirmed cases in teh 60481 zip code, and 10 confirmed cases in the 60408 zip code.

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 63,840 cases, including 2,662 deaths, in 97 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have processed 333,147 specimens for a total of 13,834.

Anyone with COVID-19-like illness or symptoms can get a test,even without a doctor’s order.

As testing capacity expands, testing is now available for people who:

• Have COVID-19 symptoms (cough, shortness of breath and fever) OR

• Have a risk factor, such as

  • Contact with someone confirmed to have COVID-19

  • A compromised immune system or a serious chronic medical condition

Testing is also available for those with or without symptoms who:

• Work in a health care facility

• ​Work in correctional facilities, such as jails or prisons

• Serve as first responders, such as paramedics, emergency medical technicians,

• law enforcement officers or firefighters

• Support critical infrastructure, such as workers in grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants, gas stations, public utilities, factories, childcare and sanitation

A list of testing sites can be found online at coronavirus.illinois.gov/s/testing-sites or dph.illinois.gov/covid19/covid-19-testing-sites.

*All data are provisional and will change. In order to rapidly report COVID-19 information to the public, data are being reported in real-time. Information is constantly being entered into an electronic system and the number of cases and deaths can change as additional information is gathered.  Information for deaths previously reported have changed, therefore, today’s numbers have been adjusted.  For health questions about COVID-19, call the hotline at 1-800-889-3931 or email dph.sick@illinois.gov