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The older sister of the first person to die from the coronavirus in Illinois also has died of the virus, according to reports.
Wanda Bailey’s death Wednesday at a hospital in Olympia Fields came nine days after her sister’s, according to reports.
Patricia Frieson, a retired Chicago nurse, was 61 when she died March 16. Her family said she suffered from asthma, WGN-TV reported. They thought she was having an asthma attack when she was admitted to the University of Chicago Medical Center.
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Bailey, of Crete, was 63 when she died, the station reported.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Bailey had underlying medical conditions-- hypertension, heart disease and COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Twenty-six people have died from COVID-19 in Illinois, Fox 32 Chicago reported.
Illinois now has 2,538 coronavirus cases. That number rose by 673 in one day, a huge jump, according to the station.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday scolded those ignoring his statewide stay at home order, Fox 32 reported.
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“It doesn’t care that you don’t believe that it is dangerous,” Pritzker said. “The virus could care less if you think that I’m overreacting.”