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If there was a single day when the devastating effects of the novel coronavirus were first seen in Chicago, it was March 12.
But, in reality, COVID-19 had been circulating far and wide for weeks, infecting hundreds if not thousands. Now, the worsening symptoms of those infected were showing up in the region’s soon-to-be beleaguered hospitals, a collaboration between the Chicago Sun-Times and the Brown Institute for Media Innovation’s Documenting COVID-19 project found.
The first confirmed death of a COVID-19 patient in Cook County didn’t occur until March 16. But a review of hundreds of pages of investigative records from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, including patient files for those who never were tested for COVID-19, revealed how the virus had already torn through nursing homes, jumped between family members returning home from travel and, in many examples, spread in hospitals to staff and patients seeking care for other reasons.
BERWYN, Ill. (WLS) Police are searching for the gunman who fatally shot a 50-year-old Alsip man inside a west suburban Berwyn restaurant Thursday morning.
Police said they responded to the Jelly Jam Restaurant and Pancake House at the intersection of Highland Ave. and W. Cermak Rd. after receiving several 911 calls around 11:30 a.m.
Police found a man shot inside the restaurant. He was taken to a nearby hospital, but his injuries were too severe and he could not be resuscitated.
The Cook County Medical Examiner s office identified the victim as Clarence Hendrix, 50, of Alsip.
The suspect fled the restaurant on foot. Police said he was spotted running through a neighbor s yard, but managed to get away.
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If there was a single day when the devastating effects of the novel coronavirus were first seen in Chicago, it was March 12.
But, in reality, COVID-19 had been circulating far and wide for weeks, infecting hundreds if not thousands. Now, the worsening symptoms of those infected were showing up in the region’s soon-to-be beleaguered hospitals, a collaboration between the Chicago Sun-Times and the Brown Institute for Media Innovation’s Documenting COVID-19 project found.
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