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La Grange Coronavirus: 27 Cases So Far
La Grange's rate is higher than the rates of Western Springs and La Grange Park.
LA GRANGE, IL — La Grange had 27 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Sunday, according to Cook County Health Department statistics. Its rate is higher than both Western Springs and La Grange Park.
La Grange's rate is 1.75 cases per thousand people, nearly double Western Springs' rate of .9 per thousand. With 16 cases, La Grange Park stands at 1.2 cases per thousand.
By contrast, the coronavirus case rate in many poorer south suburbs is far higher than that of La Grange and nearby towns. Park Forest, for instance, has a rate of more than six cases per thousand people.
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As of Sunday, suburban Cook County reported 5,512 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, including 205 deaths. Eighty-five of those deaths were in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities, the county health department said. Deaths are not reported by municipality.
On Sunday, the state reported it had the lowest coronavirus death toll in six days. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he was "cautiously optimistic" that the worst could be over as the number of deaths appeared to be leveling off.
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As of Sunday afternoon, the state's coronavirus case count stood at 20,852, with 720 deaths attributable to COVID-19, according to the state Department of Public Health.
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