Cook County Health Dept. Releases Suburban Coronavirus Data Sets

The Cook County Dept. of Public Health released data on confirmed COVID-19 coronavirus cases in various suburban communities.

As of early Monday, March 30, Glenview topped the list with the most confirmed cases, 77, while Rosemont and Rolling Meadows had the fewest cases.

There are a total of 1,346 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in suburban Cook County and 24 deaths, Cook County Dept. of Public Health officials said Monday.

Data did not include the city of Chicago.

Glenview far outpaced other communities with 77 reported confirmed cases. Des Plaines followed Glenview with 36 cases, then Northbrook with 29 cases, Park Ridge with 24, Palatine with 18 in Cook County, Buffalo Grove with 16 cases in Cook County, Morton Grove with 14, Mount Prospect and Wheeling each with 13, Arlington Heights with 11, Elk Grove Village with eight, Niles with seven, Rolling Meadows with six and Rosemont, Prospect Heights, Northfield and the village of Golf all with between one and four cases.

The Life Church of Glenview recently held a worship service with an out-of-town pastor who later tested positive for the disease, causing more than 40 from the church to develop symptoms, although not all were tested or tested positive. One church member, who had other underlying medical conditions, reportedly passed away.

Early on, Glenview and Northbrook established a task force that included the two village governments, libraries and park districts and school districts serving both communities to coordinate strategies and communications.

The majority of total confirmed suburban Cook County cases were located in the Northern suburbs with 409. That compares to 264 cases in the Western suburbs, 111 cases in the Southwest suburbs and 394 cases in the Southern suburbs.

Of all those suburban Cook County cases 61 people are receiving treatment in intensive care, 163 people are hospitalized but not in intensive care and 333 were never hospitalized.

Although the elderly are the most vulnerable to the disease and its serious symptoms, they are not the demographic with the highest number of cases. Those in their 50s had the most cases followed by those in their 40s, those in their 60s and those in their 30s. Nearly tied for the number of cases in suburban Cook County were those in their 20s and those in their 70s. Also tied for the fewest positive cases were those under 20 and those 90 and older.

Number of COVID-19 cases for portions of Journal area municipalities within Cook County as of Monday, March 30.

Glenview 77 cases Des Plaines 36 cases Northbrook 29 cases Park Ridge 24 cases Palatine 18 cases Buffalo Grove 16 cases Morton Grove 14 cases