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Medical Examiner’s Office Releases Preliminary 2022 Data

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Office of the Cook County Medical Examiner. (Cook County)

Cook County, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office is releasing preliminary statistics for cases it handled in 2022. The Office’s caseload significantly surpassed pre-COVID levels, with 10,443 cases falling under the Office’s jurisdiction last year. This is a drop from a peak caseload of 16,047 in 2020 and 12,612 cases in 2021. Before the pandemic began, the Office…

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