Two Local Women Recover From Coronavirus, Head Home From Hospital

This story was updated at 3:55 p.m. on April 27 to include new information from Edward-Elmhurst Hospital staff

BOLIGNBROOK, IL — Edward-Elmhurst Hospital in Naperville announced via Facebookon Monday that two Will County residents were heading home after receiving treatment for coronavirus infection. 74-year-old Lidia Mexicano of Bolingbrook and 28-year-old Jacqueline Dirzo of Romeoville both left the hospital on Monday to continue their recoveries at home. They each took home a bouquet of daffodils; a gift from the hospital staff.

"GREAT NEWS! Lidia Mexicano, 74, of Bolingbrook, and Jacqueline Dirzo, 28, of Romeoville, are GOING HOME to continue their recovery from COVID-19!" the Facebook post read. "Both women took home a live daffodil plant, a symbol of new beginnings."

Mexicano and Dirzo are among the 2179 residents so far confirmed to have had coronavirus in Will County, but fortunately avoided the fate of the 136 residents who have died due to the virus. A March study on coronavirus published by researchers from Harvard University and the University of Hong Kong estimated that the disease's overall fatality rate was about 1.4 percent. The study found that those younger than 30 and older than 59 were more at risk than their middle-aged counterparts, but as the cases of Mexicano and Dirzo show, it is clearly not a hard and fast rule.

Patch contacted Edward-Elmhurst for comment on the good news, but staff said they could not offer comment due to HIPAA concerns.

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