Latest Coronavirus Updates: 132 Cases In Oak Lawn Area

OAK LAWN, IL — The new coronavirus outbreak in Illinois and across the country is having vast impacts in Oak Lawn, including the closure of several local businesses, the library, park district and schools.

Oak Lawn recorded the second highest number of confirmed cases with 132 reported April 13. Calumet City now leads the south suburbs with 151 cases, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health.

Confirmed cases in nearby towns include 58 in Evergreen Park, 63 in Bridgeview, 41 in Chicago Ridge, 63 in Blue Island, 36 in Alsip and 32 in Crestwood. Palos Hills, Palos Heights and Palos Park collectively posted 85 cases.

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Across Illinois, reported COVID-19 cases topped 22,025, with 794 deaths up significantly from Sunday's record low. In Cook County, the death toll rose to 581 with 55 additional coronavirus deaths recorded by the Cook County Medical Examiner.

In suburban Cook County, confirmed cases stand at 5,512, with 205 deaths. Coronavirus has now spread to 84 communal settings, including nursing homes, long-term care facilities and jails.

A 41-year-old Burbank man who resided at the Midway Neurological and Rehabilitation Center, 8540 S. Harlem Ave., Bridgeview, died April 6.

A 67-year-old man whose address matched the Bridgeview Health Care Center at 8100 S. Harlem Ave., Bridgeview, succumbed to coronavirus at Advocate Christ Medical Center on April 10. Two other residents with the same address died last week.

A 63-year-old woman at Manor Care Palos Heights, 11860 Southwest Highway, lost her life to coronavirus on April 12 at Palos Community Hospital, according to medical examiner reports.

On the business front, we've gathered information from local businesses and put together a directory featuring dozens of them.

The first summer event in Oak Lawn, the popular St. Catherine of Alexandria parish carnival traditionally held the first weekend of June, was cancelled due to the pandemic. Organizers said it wasn't an easy decision.

Oak Lawn recorded its first nursing home death from Manor Care West-Oak Lawn, 6300 W. 95th St., where a 72-year-old man died April 6 at Advocate Christ Medical Center.

Amid the crisis, Oak Lawn kids of all ages were invited to submit their own dance videos to a song penned by Gincy Hartin.

Four teens bored with staying at home took a drive across Columbus-Manor Park and tore up the grass. An 18-year-old was ticketed.

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, newly sprung from a federal prison in Colorado after serving eight years of a 14-year sentence on corruption charges, appeared in a tutorial video showing people how to make a face mask. His source of material: “the old dress shirts you haven't worn in eight years for whatever reason."

The Cook County Medical Examiner opened a temporary “surge” morgue in a 66,000-square-foot warehouse for coronavirus fatalities.

A convicted child sex predator became the second Cook County Jail detainee to die of a COVID-19 infection.

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