One case? Or 38? Pandemic exposes inconsistent, incomplete data on COVID-19 cases in Illinois – Chicago Tribune

Health officials want to quickly learn as much as possible about each person infected with the new coronavirus — including where they live, their age and race, and what they do for a living — to help figure out how the disease is spreading and who is most vulnerable. The state should be in a good position to carry out that kind of analysis. Illinois already has a system in place in which health care providers are required by law to report details on all kinds of diseases, from botulism to chlamydia.