14 Coronavirus Cases, But No Deaths At Elmwood Terrace: IDPH

AURORA, IL — More than a dozen residents of Elmwood Terrace in Aurora are presumed to have the new coronavirus, according to Illinois public health officials. After weeks of secrecy about the extent of the coronavirus outbreak at Illinois nursing homes, the state’s department of public health published data Sunday showing 14 Elmwood Terrace residents have the virus. No residents of the facility have died from coronavirus-related conditions, the data shows.

Elmwood Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is one of four senior living facilities in Kane County to report residents have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Thirty-one residents at Bickford of Aurora are presumed to have the virus and six have died from coronavirus-related complications, according to IDPH statistics.

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Residents and workers who show coronavirus symptoms at a facility where there is a confirmed case of COVID-19 are also counted as confirmed cases by public health officials despite not being tested, according to Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

“Once a nursing home has a confirmed case, we treat any additional symptomatic residents or staff as if they are a confirmed case," Pritzker said Monday during his daily coronavirus briefing.

Elmwood Terrace representatives did not return Patch’s request for comment.

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