A fourth person in Sangamon County has died after being infected with the new coronavirus, according to a release sent on behalf of the county health department and area hospitals. The HSHS St. John’s Hospital inpatient who died was a male in his 90s who tested positive for COVID-19 on April 16.
Of the three previous deaths, the first was a 71-year-old woman and the county’s first confirmed case of COVID-19. She was visiting the Springfield area from her home in Florida when she became ill. The second infected person to die was a man in his 90s, and the third was a female in her 70s.
Memorial Medical Center has reported five confirmed positive patients who are hospitalized, including one Sangamon County resident, and 11 inpatients awaiting test results. HSHS St. John’s Hospital reported three patients who are hospitalized and positive for coronavirus, none of whom are Sangamon County residents, and six inpatients awaiting test results. You can read the full release here.
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