Coronavirus in Illinois: 22nd Cook County Circuit Court Clerk’s office employee contracts COVID-19

The latest employee to test positive was assigned to District 3 - Rolling Meadows.

By Sun-Times Wire

A 22nd employee at the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court office tested positive for coronavirus.

Another employee at the Cook County Circuit Court clerk’s office has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the overall total to 22.

The latest employee to test positive was assigned to District 3, located at 2121 Euclid Ave. in Rolling Meadows, and last reported for work on March 20, according to a statement from the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County. The person did not begin to show symptoms of coronavirus until over a month after their last day at work and is self-quarantining at home.

A deep cleaning at the offices was not requested, but the county Department of Facilities Management is conducting a routine cleaning of the area where the employee worked, the clerk’s office said.

The first cases of the coronavirus in the clerk’s office were reported March 25.

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