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Coronavirus: Oak Lawn's Confirmed Cases Top 30
Oak Lawn's coronavirus cases stand at 30 as of March 31, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health.
OAK LAWN, IL — A new surveillance map released by the health department tracks confirmed coronavirus cases by municipality across suburban Cook County. The map includes municipalities and portions of municipalities within suburban Cook, except for Chicago, Evanston, Oak Park, Skokie and Stickney Township, each of which has its own state-certified local health department.
As of March 31, there were a total of 1,645 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in suburban Cook County and 35 deaths. Twenty-eight congregate settings, such as long term care facilities or nursing homes, are reporting one or more confirmed cases.
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Oak Lawn's coronavirus cases rose from 20 to 30 as of Tuesday, according to the health department's map.
Matteson leads the south suburbs with 47 coronavirus cases. Neighboring Orland Park's number also increased to 30 cases, while Tinley Park reported 27. Evergreen Park had eight cases, Alsip had eight and Crestwood reported 5 COVID-19 cases. Palos Heights has 16 cases, Palos Hills 14, and Palos Park fewer than four. Oak Forest reported 19 and Lemont has 13 cases.
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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.
Patch editor Jonah Meadows contributed to this report.
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