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La Grange Hospital Seeing Most Virus Patients Ever
The number of coronavirus patients at La Grange hospital is much higher than before, chain says.
LA GRANGE, IL — The hospitals in La Grange and Hinsdale are seeing many more coronavirus patients lately, the hospital chain reports.
As of Saturday, La Grange's Amita Health hospital was seeing 45 patients with COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, and a dozen patients awaiting test results on the virus, the chain said.
Meanwhile, the Hinsdale hospital was treating 23 COVID-19 patients, with nine patient awaiting test results.
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"The numbers are significantly higher than they were 1-3 months ago and represents the highest numbers to date for AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center LaGrange since the onset of the pandemic," Olga Solares, Amita's associate vice president, said in an email Saturday.
As of Saturday, Elmhurst Hospital was treating 78 patients with the coronavirus. It is seeing more such patients than it was in the spring. As recently as Sept. 1, the hospital had just one coronavirus patient.
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