SPRINGFIELD – A fifth Illinois resident has tested positive for COVID-19. According to The Illinois Department of Public Health, The fifth individual is a Cook County resident in his 20s who flew into Chicago O’Hare Airport earlier
this month after traveling to Italy. The individual acquired the infection while in Italy and is hospitalized in isolation. The CDC has confirmed one of the recent presumptive positive cases and IDH is awaiting results on the other case. Officials say, at this time, the exposure route for the third and fourth cases is not known. Both individuals recently traveled to another state, but health officials have not been able to link them to a COVID-19 confirmed case in Illinois or the other state. Because IDPH has been unable to identify a point of exposure for these two cases, they believe it is possible these cases may be due to community transmission in Illinois
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