As of January 27, there have been 694 cases of COVID-19 in Cook County since the start of the pandemic, 56 of those recorded in the previous seven days. The county received notice of a confirmed death of a county resident due to COVID-19, which brings the number to two confirmed deaths due to COVID since the start of the pandemic. The county’s COVID website has different numbers than the state’s COVID website. That’s because the Cook County Public Health and Human Services include over-the-counter antigen positive results reported to either Cook County PHHS or Grand Portage Health Service. “These...

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