A Cook County teen was added to the statewide total number of coronavirus deaths — but the teen didn’t die from COVID-19. The state has removed more than 100 people erroneously added to list of the dead.

A teenager from Cook County was added Tuesday to the statewide total number of deaths reported by the Department of Public Health, suggesting he was one of more than 4,900 Cook County residents who have died from coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.