CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The Cook County medical examiner Wednesday confirmed another 111 deaths connected to the COVID-19 outbreak.
The newly confirmed fatalities bring the county's toll to 2,080, according to the medical examiner's office.
Cook County makes up about 70 percent of the 2,974 COVID-19 deaths in Illinois.
Illinois health officials Wednesday announced 2,270 new cases of the coronavirus, raising the number of cases in the state to 68,232.
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