Health Department Releases Number Of Northbrook Coronavirus Cases

CHICAGO — Public health officials released a map showing the locations of all confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in suburban Cook County, as well as additional details about the first 1,279 cases within the jurisdiction of the Cook County Department of Public Health.

Northbrook had 29 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new strain of the coronavirus, as of Monday afternoon, according to the health department's map.

Neighboring Glenview had 77 cases, Winnetka had 38, Wheeling had 13 and Glencoe had 12 cases. Data from the the Lake County Health Department showed nearly 30 cases among Deerfield residents as of Sunday.

According to the data, nearly 60 percent of all detected COVID-19 cases in suburban Cook County have been people between the ages of 40 and 69.

More than 10 percent of COVID-19 cases with known hospitalization status required treatment in intensive care, according to the health department data. Almost 40 percent have been hospitalized at some point. Hospitalization data was only available for about half of the known case.

Nearly 78 percent of the confirmed cases in suburban Cook County have an unknown origin, according to the health department data. That means over 1,000 such cases were potentially caused by the community spread of the virus.

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As of Monday, 23 group living settings — such as nursing homes and long-term care facilities — had reported one or more confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 24 people had died within the jurisdiction of the Cook County Department of Public Health, according to the department's website.

The department's jurisdiction includes all suburban municipalities other than Evanston, Oak Park, Skokie and Stickney Township, which all have their own state-certified health departments. The health department's data does not include cases in those locations.

As of Sunday afternoon, Evanston reported 71 cases, Oak Park had 26 cases and Skokie had 81 cases and four deaths. The Stickney Public Health District reported a 76-year-old Burbank woman died of the virus last week but did not report a total number of cases. According to its website, the southwest suburban health department does not offer tests for COVID-19.

Find more data and complete map from the Cook County Department of Public Health »