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From: busted.scum@barackobama.com

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-
pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200509-
umkbk7q5xbdplkgzazoaymq33q-story.html#rt=chartbeat-flt
 

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