The more testing that is done, the higher the number of confirmed cases that will be reported. (That's why he's holding back on testing.)
Asymptomatic or low-symptomatic people will be tested and confirmed as actual COVID-19 cases, whereas few of those have been eligible for testing so far.
Our state greatly increased testing in the past weeks, and, as expected, the number of confirmed cases has risen.
Weeks ago, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he wanted to perform 10,000 coronavirus tests a day. On Friday, Pritzker announced Illinois has reached and surpassed that mark.
At his daily public briefing, Pritzker said the state conducted 16,124 COVID-19 tests across its 112 public testing sites on Thursday, besting the previous single-day high of some 9,300 tests set on Wednesday.
“There’s still more work to do to maintain and build on this progress,” he said, “but reaching and surpassing the 10,000 mark is a great first step.”
That announcement came as Illinois recorded 2,724 new cases – also a single-day high – and 108 additional COVID-19 deaths on Friday. Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike was not surprised there was a record number of new cases, which she said is to be expected as more and more tests are conducted.
In total, Illinois has now recorded 39,658 coronavirus cases and 1,795 deaths across 96 counties.
https://news.wttw.com/2020/04/24/pritzker-illinois-surpasses-goal-10000-daily-covid-19-tests
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