CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The Cook County medical examiner's office on Sunday confirmed another 37 deaths connected to the COVID-19 outbreak.
The newly confirmed fatalities bring the county's toll to 1,816, the medical examiner's office said.
Cook County makes up about 69 percent of the 2,618 deaths in Illinois. On Sunday, state health officials announced 2,994 new cases of the coronavirus in Illinois. A record 19,417 coronavirus tests were processed Saturday.
The state has now seen 61,499 people test positive for the virus.
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