Health & Fitness
81 Coronavirus Cases At Symphony Of Joliet
Another Symphony of Joliet employee has died from the new coronavirus, according to WGN-TV.
JOLIET, IL — Two days after Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk called for a state investigation of the new coronavirus outbreak at the Symphony of Joliet nursing home, a second employee at the private care facility has died, according to WGN-TV. Data from the state of Illinois Public Health Department showed 81 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus at the facility as of Sunday.
The state's data put the death toll at Symphony of Joliet at 21. It was not immediately clear why the state's death total is lower than what several Illinois news media outlets have been reporting in recent death totals.
Saturday's death of 57-year-old Sandra Green marked the 26th death linked to the Joliet nursing home on Larkin Avenue, according to the Chicago television station.
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On Sunday, Joliet Patch reached out to Lauryn Allison, director of communications for Symphony Post Acute Network, but she did not respond. Symphony runs more than two dozen nursing care facilities in Illinois and Indiana.
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In addition to the two employees who have died, another two dozen residents at the nursing home have died from the illness, according to reports.
According to WGN's report, Green had been hospitalized in intensive care for the past 24 days and had been using a ventilator.
On Sunday afternoon, Will County Health Department spokesman Steve Brandy reported five more coronavirus deaths, bringing Will County's total number of deaths to 101.
On Saturday, Will County reported five deaths; however, one of those deaths has been reclassified and is no longer being treated as a coronavirus death, Brandy said.
Sunday's deaths for Will County included:
- a woman in her 50s
- a man in his 60s
- a man in his 80s
- a woman in her 80s
- a woman in her 90s
Saturday's revised total of four additional Will County deaths included:
- a man in his 70s
- a woman in her 80s
- two women in their 90s
On Sunday, Brandy said Will County's total number of coronavirus cases has reached 1,658, an increase of 40 persons from Saturday.
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Illinois Sees Steep Drop In Coronavirus Deaths April 19
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