ILLINOIS- A fourth person was diagnosed with coronavirus, as confirmed by health authorities on Monday.
A statement said it would be the wife of the man who tested positive for the COVID-19 test over the weekend and is currently hospitalized at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.
The patient is hospitalized under isolation at the Northwest Community Hospital.
Health authorities said the woman is about 70 years old, who is currently under quarantine in her home and in constant monitoring of the authorities.
Her husband, also 70 years old, tested positive for the virus last night last Saturday, becoming the third case of infection reported in the state.
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has yet to officially confirm the test results, the man is hospitalized in isolation at Northwest Community Hospital.
Health officials point out that the risk of contracting coronavirus in Illinois is very low, but they recommended taking precautions.
In this regard and in a statement, the hospital said that staff and officials have implemented all the corresponding medical protocols and that they are locating people who had contact with this patient to reduce the risk of infection.
These two new cases are registered after a couple of spouses tested positive for the virus in January. Both recovered satisfactorily and were discharged from a hospital in Hoffman Estates.
In the meantime and as a preventive measure, two employees of Arlington Heights School District 25 and their children decided to voluntarily isolate themselves and not attend school or work on Monday.
In a newsletter sent to the school community, district officials said a relative of the nanny who takes care of the children works in the hospital and would have been exposed to the infected patient.
“Currently none of the people involved, nor the hospital employee, the nanny, the district employees and their children, show symptoms of the virus,” said Lori Bein district superintendent.
At a press conference and upon confirmation of these two new cases the governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker said in a press conference that they are requesting help from the CDC to contain the contagion and that about 284 people are under review throughout the state .
Over the weekend, state and local authorities increased tests to detect the disease while increasing the number of cases nationwide, with new infections announced in Illinois, Rhode Island and the state of Washington.
Officials in the Seattle area said two more people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, two men in their 60s who are in critical condition.
That increases the number of cases in the Seattle area to six. In an asylum in Kirkland, Washington, 50 more people are sick and are tested.
Meanwhile, scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington said Sunday that they had evidence that the coronavirus could have been circulating in the state for up to six weeks undetected, a finding that, if true, could mean that There are hundreds of undiagnosed cases in the area.
The research has not been published in a specialized journal or examined by other scientists.
Scientists not related to the research said the results did not surprise them, and pointed out that for many people, especially the younger and healthier, the symptoms are not much worse than those of a strong influenza or influenza.
The number of known cases of coronavirus in the United States reached 70 on Sunday.
In the meantime, if you have questions, questions or suspect possible infection of the coronavirus, the Illinois Department of Public Health asks you to call 1-800-889-3931.
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