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Sister of Illinois’ first coronavirus victim also dies from virus. Quarantine prevents family from mourning together.

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AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneMar 27, 2020 at 3:48 pmAt the urging of family members, Wanda Bailey checked into the emergency room on the night her sister, Patricia Frieson, died after contracting COVID-19.Frieson, 61, was the first person in Illinois to die of an infection from the novel coronavirus on March 16, and Bailey had also begun experiencing breathing problems, family members said.Advertisement“We were told all we could do is hope and pray it got better,” said Richard Frieson, the women’s brother.But nine days after her sister’s death, Bailey, 63, of Crete, died Wednesday morning at a hospital in south suburban Olympia Fields, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.AdvertisementThe office said Bailey died of pneumonia due to a COVID-19 infection, with heart disease, hypertension and lung disease listed as contributing factors.Family members of the two sisters are now mourning back-to-back losses while in isolation, joining people around the world who are staying indoors to blunt the spread of the virus that has infected more than 500,000 people, killing more than 23,000.“We’re cooped up,” said Richard Frieson, who lives in Minnesota. “It’s going to be harder when we are actually all together.”Though Bailey was hospitalized, Richard Frieson said the family had been hopeful she’d pull through because she was in better overall health than her sibling. “We hoped for the best, but it just didn’t happen,” Frieson said.The brother said it is unclear to the family how Patricia Frieson became infected, noting she didn’t get out much because of her health problems. The sisters did, though, attend church together, according to social media posts.“We’re all very close,” he said last week, noting his sisters saw each other frequently.He said Patricia Frieson had attended a funeral weeks earlier, as well.Family members are "self-quarantining under the assumption they would be positive,” the brother said last week. Advertisement

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneMar 27, 2020 at 3:48 pmAt the urging of family members, Wanda Bailey checked into the emergency room on the night her sister, Patricia Frieson, died after contracting COVID-19.Frieson, 61, was the first person in Illinois to die of an infection from the novel coronavirus on March 16, and Bailey had also begun experiencing breathing problems, family members said.Advertisement“We were told all we could do is hope and pray it got better,” said Richard Frieson, the women’s brother.But nine days after her sister’s death, Bailey, 63, of Crete, died Wednesday morning...

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