The daily number of cases and deaths because of COVID-19 reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health is growing.

But the Director of the IDPH wants you to know that still the overwhelming number of people who are sick with coronavirus make a full recovery. Dr. Ngozi Ezike says the IDPH is trying to track recovery rates in confirmed cases.

The most recent count from the state was 715 cases and 16 new deaths. In total now its 7,695 cases and 157 deaths.