LISTEN: Your Daily COVID-19 Illinois Update: May 5, 2020

Two months, you could count the COVID-19 cases in Illinois on one hand. Today, the state has nearly 64,000 cases. We look at how we got here.

By Meha Ahmad
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Chicago police, photographed downtown on Friday May 1, wear masks to provide protection from COVID-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Chicago Police officers have been instructed to minimize contacts with the public to slow the spread of the virus. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ
chicago police officers wearing masks
Chicago police, photographed downtown on Friday May 1, wear masks to provide protection from COVID-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Chicago Police officers have been instructed to minimize contacts with the public to slow the spread of the virus. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ

LISTEN: Your Daily COVID-19 Illinois Update: May 5, 2020

Two months, you could count the COVID-19 cases in Illinois on one hand. Today, the state has nearly 64,000 cases. We look at how we got here.

By Meha Ahmad
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