President Preckwinkle joined representatives from the County’s Medical Examiner’s Office (MEO), Cook County Health (CCH) and the County’s Department of Public Health (CCDPH) this morning to mark a grim pandemic milestone. The MEO confirmed the County’s 11,000th death due to COVID-19 infection last night, more than 16 months after the first fatal case of the virus was confirmed here.  The 10,999th death the County confirmed was a 31-year-old African American man from Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. The 11,000th case was a 28-year-old Latino man who resided in Little Village. Overall, just under 7% of all the County’s 11,000 COVID-19 deaths were in people under the age of 50, but in July that age group made up 18% of Cook County’s COVID deaths. The Black community makes up approximately 29% of overall COVID deaths in the County, but in July African Americans accounted for 46% of those deaths. Under 22% of COVID deaths during the course of the pandemic were in the County’s Latino population. In July Latinos made up more than 25% of COVID deaths. To find a vaccine location in Cook County, visit www.MyShotCookCounty.com. For more information about case counts in suburban Cook County, visit ccdphcd.shinyapps.io/covid19/. To get data regarding COVID-19 deaths in Cook County, visit maps.cookcountyil.gov/medexamcovid19/.