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    4/4/2020 A look at COVID-19 rates in nearby towns | Evanston Now

    A look at COVID-19 rates in nearby


    towns
    By  Bill Smith  on  April 1, 2020 - 7:25am
    A

    COVID-19 case map from CCDPH.


    Cook County's Department of Public Health has started releasing a breakdown of the number of COVID-19
    cases by community, which shows that the highest case rate in the north suburbs is in Kenilworth where among
    just over 2,500 people there are 10 cases.

    Previously only the five Cook County communities with their own health departments -- Chicago, Evanston, Oak
    Park, Skokie and Stickney Township -- had data available at the municipal  level.

    The image above, captured from the county's new  online  map  shows case rates per 100,000 people for
    communities in northeastern Cook County for which the county is providing data.

    After Kenilworth, the next highest rate is in Winnetka, with 40 cases and  a rate of 328.2 per 100,000.

    Other  towns with case rates higher than Evanston's include  Glenview, with  84 cases and  a rate of  188;  Wilmette,
    with 41 cases and a rate of 151.4;  Glencoe, with 12 cases and a rate of 137.6; Skokie, with 86 cases and a rate
    of 134.4;  Lincolnwood, with 14 cases and a rate of 111.2; and Northfield, with 6 cases and a rate of 110.7.

    Reasons for the wide variations in case rates are not entirely clear. However, the  Wilmette Beacon  has reported
    that a parent of a student at the  A Joyful Noise Preschool  in Kenilworth tested positive for COVID-19 last
    month.

    And the  Journal  & Topics  newspaper reports that part of the outbreak in  Glenview has been linked to  The
    Life Church  of Glenview which held a worship service with an out-of-town pastor who later tested positive for
    the disease.

    https://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/covid-19/2020-04-01/84411/a-look-at-covid-19-rates-in-nearby-towns 1/2
    4/4/2020 A look at COVID-19 rates in nearby towns | Evanston Now
    The county's data also indicates that officials have only
    been able to trace the exposure source of about 20 percent
    of the cases to either travel or close contacts -- leaving the
    rest of the cases as "potentially community acquired."

    https://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/covid-19/2020-04-01/84411/a-look-at-covid-19-rates-in-nearby-towns 2/2

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