UpdatedThu, Apr 15, 2021 at 7:56 pm CT Reply As of Thursday, the Cook County Department of Health is reporting 232,248 confirmed cases and 4,187 deaths since the pandemic began. (Peggy Bayard/Patch) NORTHBROOK, IL — Health officials in Illinois are continuing to see an uptick in coronavirus cases across the state. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Thursday 3,581 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 40 additional deaths. In Northbrook, cases have been rising for the last month after a drastic drop in cases to start 2021. As of Thursday, there have been 3,056 confirmed coronavirus-related cases in Northbrook, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health. That marks an increase of 74 cases since our last report on April 8. These numbers indicate an +44.9 percent change in confirmed cases over the last 14 days.