2 Chicago Target employees test positive for COVID-19

One employee works at the South Loop store and the other at the Near North Side store.

Two Chicago Target employees, one at the South Loop Location and the other at the Near North Side location, test positive for coronavirus.

Two Chicago Target employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, store officials confirmed Sunday.

One employee works at the South Loop location, 1154 S. Clark St., and the other at the Near North Side location, 2656 N. Elston Ave., Target said.

“We’ve communicated directly with the impacted team members, who are in quarantine and following all health department guidelines, and we’ll pay them while they’re on leave,” Target said in an emailed statement.

Additionally, the chain has “worked quickly to deep clean and sanitize the stores,” which is the recommendation of public health experts.

The announcement comes a day after Walmart confirmed that two employees at an Evergreen Park Walmart store who contracted COVID-19 had died.

2 Evergreen Park Walmart employees die after contracting the coronavirus

Next Up In Coronavirus

Aiming to predict COVID, future pandemics better, CDC opens infectious diseases forecasting center

Unmasked transit: Pritzker ends mask mandates in public transportation, airports

US mask mandate for planes, other travel voided by federal judge in Florida

Rising COVID-19 cases prompt warnings for Illinoisans ‘to remain vigilant and remain up to date’ on vaccine shots

Dr. Ngozi Ezike to become CEO of Sinai Chicago hospital system

With COVID-19 cases rising, Pritzker still searching for public health chief to succeed Ezike, a ‘hero during this pandemic’