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COVID-19 Press Release: April 11, 2020

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COVID-19 Update: April 11, 2020

This is a daily joint communication from the Sangamon County Department of Public Health along with Memorial Health System, HSHS St. John’s Hospital, Springfield Clinic and SIU Medicine updating you on the status of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Sangamon County. Pending new deaths or positive cases, the next communication will come on Monday, April 13th.

At the time of this press release, we are announcing one new death in Sangamon County. The patient was a female in her 7o’s that tested positive for COVID-19 on April 4th. She was an inpatient at Memorial Medical Center. There are no new positive cases in Sangamon County. The total number of Sangamon County residents with confirmed cases between our five organizations is forty-one, including three deaths.

Memorial Medical Center is reporting four confirmed positive cases currently hospitalized,none of which are Sangamon County residents, and eight inpatients currently under investigation

HSHS St. John’s Hospital is reporting three confirmed positive cases currently hospitalized, none of which are Sangamon County residents, and ten inpatients currently under investigation.

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