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One of the men was identified as Darion Hood, 27, of the same block on which he was shot, according to information from the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital at 1:07 p.m. Monday. The second victim, 26, was pronounced dead at 1:13 p.m., also at Mount Sinai Hospital.
The state reported four additional fatalities Monday, bringing average number of daily deaths to 13 over the past week, up slightly from the previous week’s average of 12. A month ago, the state was averaging nine deaths per day. In all, there have been 23,624 COVID-19 deaths statewide since the pandemic began, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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The two also noted the Census Bureau’s renewed efforts at privacy protection, in which some specific counts that could reveal identity information have been masked. The policy, called “differential privacy,” may “result in inaccuracies, especially in more ethnically and racially diverse communities,” they said.
At approximately 3:39 a.m., a 25-year-old woman was driving in a Blue Honda CRV heading southbound on the interstate. Just south of Cicero Avenue, the woman unexpectedly lost control of the car, which left the roadway and overturned at the center median, according to state police.
Chicago Park District Superintendent and CEO Michael Kelly exits after holding a news conference within the unit, at South Shore Beach House Monday to announce disciplinary action taken against employees in the Beaches and Pools Unit, and additional measures to protect the workforce. (Vashon Jordan Jr. / Chicago Tribune)
As of Wednesday, the most recent data available, there have been 899 hospitalizations and 189 deaths among fully vaccinated people in Illinois since the beginning of the year, according to the state Department of Public Health. Those deaths account for about 2.7% of all coronavirus-related deaths this year.
Marychu Vargas, right, and her brother, Jesus Vargas, place flowers and balloons near the site of a shooting on the 6200 block of West Grand Avenue in Chicago’s Belmont Central neighborhood on Aug. 16, 2021. Serenity Broughton, 7, was fatally shot and her sister, Aubrey, 6, who was wounded. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
“That’s applicable to Republican cities and Republican towns and Democrat cities and Democrat towns across the state,” said House Majority Leader Greg Harris, a Chicago Democrat. “Most of the things that were in the budget are certainly statewide and nonpartisan issues of getting our economic engines back going, getting the hospitality business open, getting the arts, culture, museum, entertainment businesses, which are huge drivers of employment, back open.”
The 6-year-old-girl suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and right armpit, and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center, where she was stabilized, police said. The 7-year-old was shot in the chest and torso, and was also taken to Loyola, where she was pronounced dead.