Cook County Department of Public Health
Recent News About Cook County Department of Public Health
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Parents at Springman School challenge 'adaptive pause' for Grade 8
Parents are petitioning for a return to class after Springman Middle School canceled in-person learning for eighth-graders until the winter break is over Jan. 3.
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Suburban Cook County reports a day with no new COVID-19 hospitalizations
According to the latest data from the Illinois Department of Public Health, no patients with COVID-19 were admitted to any hospital in suburban Cook County for at least one day over a recent seven-day period.
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More Cook County residents felled by flu in 2017-18 than COVID-19
More than 28,000 Cook County residents contracted strains of influenza during the 2017-2018 flu season, far more than the 4,767 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported here so far. Skeptics may point out the coronavirus might only have reached Cook County by January.