Pritzker warns of long distribution process on vaccines
— December 4, 2020SPRINGFIELD – Health officials gave an update on the state’s COVID-19 vaccine plan Friday, Dec 4 with potential federal approval anticipated as early as next week. Gov. J.B….
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More than 440 deaths over long weekend, state warns of another COVID-19 surge
— November 30, 2020SPRINGFIELD – Despite some slight improvement in key public health metrics over the past week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he has no immediate plans to roll back COVID-19 mitigation efforts…
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‘Cautious optimism’ on COVID-19 numbers with pleas to stay home
— November 24, 2020SPRINGFIELD – The state’s rolling seven-day average COVID-19 case positivity rate decreased by a half point Tuesday, Nov. 24 to 10.4 percent as hospitalizations continued to show…
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Officials warn against virus fatigue as Tier 3 mitigations take effect
— November 20, 2020SPRINGFIELD – The state reported another 126 COVID-19-related deaths Friday, Nov. 20 as Tier 3 mitigations took effect statewide and virus-related hospitalizations continued to increase….
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State health director: ‘We’re in bad shape’ as 140 more deaths reported
— November 18, 2020SPRINGFIELD – As the state surpassed 11,000 COVID-19-related deaths Wednesday, Nov. 18 and the disease became the third leading cause of death in the state, health officials sought…
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Health director says Illinois vaccine shipment may be smaller than expected
— November 24, 2020SPRINGFIELD – The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines to the state of Illinois may be less than one-quarter of what officials had originally been told to expect. Illinois Department…
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Illinois preps for initial doses of COVID-19 vaccine
— November 23, 2020SPRINGFIELD — After Pfizer submitted its application for a COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week, Illinois public health officials have continued preparing…
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COVID-19 hospitalizations top 6,000 statewide, more than 160 new deaths
— November 19, 2020SPRINGFIELD – The state reported its second-highest one-day COVID-19 count Thursday, Nov. 19 with 14,612, but it also reported its second-highest daily testing output with 113,447…
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