Dozens Of Confirmed Cases: Latest Tinley Park Coronavirus Updates

TINLEY PARK, IL — The spread of the new coronavirus has made an impact on all ways of life across the world, with an impact felt locally in the Chicagoland area, the south suburbs and Tinley Park.

As of April 15, Tinley Park had 81 confirmed new coronavirus cases, according to a map published by the Cook County Department of Public Health. The map now also shows how many cases each town has per 100,000 residents rather than the total number of confirmed cases.

Nearby, Orland Park has 120 confirmed cases and Oak Forest has 49. So far, statewide there are more than 23,000 total confirmed cases and more than 800 people in Illinois have died of the coronavirus.

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Coronavirus testing is now available in the south suburbs, with the nearest testing location to Tinley Park now open to anyone eligible at the vehicle emissions test site near 159th and Pulaski in Markham. Anyone older than 65 and anyone older than 17 with a pre-existing condition are eligible, as well as any first responder or hospital worker who is showing symptoms.

Antibody testing remains available at ARCpoint Labs nearby in Orland Park.

On the local business front, several Tinley Park business owners have shared what they are offering during a time when all "non-essential" businesses have been ordered closed and a number of them have different hours amid the shutdown.

The Tinley Park Public Library has offered its Ancestry.com subscription to be used for free by anyone with a library card.