SPRINGFIELD – Statewide Tier 3 COVID-19 mitigations could be lifted within 10 days. Starting Jan.15, exactly one incubation period from New Year’s Day, any region that has…
SPRINGFIELD — The statewide COVID-19 positivity rate ticked down slightly on Tuesday, Jan. 5 to 8. 5 percent, marking nearly a month that the rate has stayed below 10 percent. The…
SPRINGFIELD — The state’s COVID-19 hospitalizations and average case positivity rate remain below second-wave highs while public health officials in Illinois continue to caution…
A new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 has been identified in the United Kingdom. Cases have been reported in two states and are not known to be linked to travel, which could…
SPRINGFIELD — As Illinois’ COVID-19 hospitalization and case numbers have stabilized since the second-wave highs last month, the governor’s office announced 126,211 vaccinations…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers will return to the capital city on Friday, Jan. 8 for a “lame duck” session that is expected to focus on the state’s COVID-19 response, a nearly…
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has several teams that are dispatched to various locations around the state each week to provide COVID-19 testing. Anyone can be tested,…
SPRINGFIELD – It was a year like no other, and one most Americans would just as soon forget, but 2020 is sure to last in the history books as one of the most tumultuous in modern…
