Grenades, Bread and Body Bags: How Illinois Has Spent $1.6 Billion in Response to COVID-19 So Far – ProPublica Illinois

The state and city of Chicago together spent about $107 million to build and then operate a little-used field hospital at McCormick Place. It closed in early May after receiving only 38 patients over four weeks. The average cost of treating a patient there was at least $2.81 million.

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