Pandemic panic is afflicting more than just the adult population. With the COVID-19-necessitated closures of local public schools, the township government's Youth Interventionist Program has seen an increase in the need for it to provide mental health services among students.

Oak Park Public Health Director Mike Charley announced that an Oak Park man in his 50s has died – becoming the village's second fatality likely caused COVID-19, according to an announcement issued April 9. 

With COVID-19 preventing in-person shopping and in-restaurant dining, thereby limiting classic forms of customer service, local business owners have had to get creative in how they operate.

COVID-19 has breached the Oak Park Police Department, with two police officers thus far having tested positive for the virus.