As of the 19th of April 1,290 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported to have occurred in the State of Illinois.
Resolution will be to the number of deaths in Illinois as reported by the COVID Tracker spreadsheet (the states current tab for IL) on May 9th at 16:00 EST.
Note: The 5th, 50th, and 95th percentile from the community prediction will be used for the COVID-19 Expert Survey results.
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