On Friday, her symptoms continued as she developed a fever, chills and vomiting.
Saturday morning, her mother took her to get a coronavirus test and that evening her results came back positive.
Early Wednesday morning, Simental went to Silver Cross Hospital after she started experiencing pain in her left shoulder. While there, her oxygen levels dropped and Simental was placed on a ventilator and taken to the intensive care unit.
Because of coronavirus protocols, Deborah Simental was not able to see her daughter while she was hospitalized, but she did have a phone conversation with her as she was moved to the ICU.
Transgender woman s Christmas Day shooting death called possible hate crime by family and friends
December 29, 2020 / 7:21 AM / CBS News
A transgender woman was shot and killed in Chicago s East Chatham neighborhood on Christmas day, and her family and friends spoke out Monday to CBS Chicago. They said her homicide is a possible hate crime.
She was listed as a John Doe, but Courtney Eshay Key s family said she had been misgendered – and on top of everything else, it s an insult to her and her memory.
Key, 25, was described by those relatives and friends as the life of the party – hilarious and determined.
UpdatedMon, Jan 4, 2021 at 5:44 am CT
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As of Sunday, Illinois coronavirus case count increased to 937,909, up 4.2 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 15,969 state residents. (Shutterstock)
LA GRANGE, IL La Grange, where new coronavirus cases have increased by about 100 each week for two months, saw a hike only half that last week, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.
As of Sunday, La Grange, including La Grange Highlands, had seen 1,450 coronavirus cases, up by 53 from a week earlier, a 3.8 percent increase. This percentage hike is far less than those of the two previous weeks, both of which hovered around 8 percent.
Victim identified in Elgin Christmas Day fire
Updated 12/27/2020 11:21 AM
The victim of a Christmas Day townhouse fire in Elgin has been identified as 73-year-old Clarence Wilson Jr.
Wilson died at his home in the 1200 block of Bradley Circle. According to the Cook County Medical Examiner s office, he was pronounced dead at 2:15 p.m. Friday.
The Elgin Fire Department said the fire broke out just after 2 p.m. Neighbors told firefighters arriving on the scene that someone was in one of the four townhouse units.
Wilson s body was found as crews were searching the units.
There were no other injuries in the fire.
At a news conference with community leaders, Ishchayil Bell, Wright s nephew, called the shooting senseless. You took the life of a grandmother, a well-beloved member of our community and a well-beloved member of our family, he said.
Community activist Andrew Holmes criticized the unidentified shooter, who he said invaded Wright s property just days before Christmas. How can you sleep knowing you took someone’s mother away? Someone’s auntie away, someone’s grandmother away.How can you sleep knowing you took a human life? Holmes said.
No arrests had been made as of Monday evening.
The shooting remained under investigation by Chicago Police Department detectives.