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Sunday, January 24, 2021
A year ago the second U.S. COVID-19 case landed in Hoffman Estates. Here's what happened next.

A year ago, Amita Health St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates announced it was treating only the second confirmed COVID-19 patient in the United States. The hospital would go on to pioneer treatment methods for the coronavirus.
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