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   The state reported 2,325 new known cases of COVID-19, along with   
   111 more deaths on Saturday. That brings the total count of   
   known cases to 76,085 and the death toll to 3,349 statewide   
   since the start of the outbreak.   
      
   On Friday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot laid out a “five-star” plan for   
   reopening Chicago, a multiphase approach that offers no   
   timetable but sets tougher benchmarks to meet before easing stay-   
   at-home rules than Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker set in his   
   statewide strategy.   
      
   Meanwhile, Pritzker announced Friday that Illinois had passed   
   another milestone in testing, for the first time conducting more   
   than 20,000 screenings in a single day. Expanded testing is a   
   cornerstone of Pritzker’s plan for reopening the state, but a   
   study released this week suggests Illinois is still a long way   
   from doing enough to safely relax the governor’s stay-at-home   
   order.   
      
   7:06 p.m.: Obama harshly criticizes Trump’s handling of   
   coronavirus pandemic as ‘absolute chaotic disaster’ in call with   
   supporters   
   Former President Barack Obama harshly criticized President   
   Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an   
   “absolute chaotic disaster” during a conversation with ex-   
   members of his administration, according to a recording obtained   
   by Yahoo News.   
      
   Obama also reacted to the Justice Department dropping its   
   criminal case against Trump’s first national security adviser,   
   Michael Flynn, saying he worried that the “basic understanding   
   of rule of law is at risk.”   
      
   More than 78,400 people with COVID-19 have died in the United   
   States and more than 1.3 million people have tested positive,   
   according to the latest estimates from the Center for Systems   
   Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.   
      
   Obama’s comments came during a Friday call with 3,000 members of   
   the Obama Alumni Association, people who served in his   
   administration. Obama urged his supporters to back his former   
   vice president, Joe Biden, who is trying to unseat Trump in the   
   Nov. 3 election. Read more here. —Associated Press   
      
   https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-   
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