More Than 2,700 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In Illinois, The Largest One-Day Number To Date
"I encourage people to remain vigilant. We will get through this. We will do that by staying at home, by wearing masks when outside."
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"I encourage people to remain vigilant. We will get through this. We will do that by staying at home, by wearing masks when outside."
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Thursday that using swimming pools during the coronavirus pandemic is not a good idea – with a gross-out reason as to why.
As of Monday night, 4,776 people in Illinois were hospitalized with COVID-19; including 1,226 patients in intensive care, and 781 patients on ventilators.
Nursing home patients in Illinois are dying at an alarming rate due to COVID-19, and families want answers and help from the state.
"At the beginning of this pandemic, our doubling rates were very low, and since we put all our executive orders in place, Illinois has seen our doubling rates increase substantially; that is a very good thing," he said.
"There is even some evidence that we may be moving toward a flatter curve, but we need to keep watching the data on a daily basis," Pritzker said at his daily coronavirus briefing on Thursday.
"The buck stops with me, and we are still not where we need to be on the testing front," the governor said.
Illinois public health officials on Sunday announced 1,105 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois in one day.
"As we expected, and as we have feared, the greatest number of hospitalizations is among individuals older than 65 years of age, and approximately 86% of those with COVID-19 who have died here in Illinois are over the age of 60," Dr. Ngozi Ezike said.
The Illinois Department of Public Health opened a drive-up testing facility in the Dunning neighborhood, at the site of an old vehicle emissions testing facility at 6959 Forest Preserve Drive.
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said there have been a total of 585 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois since the start of the outbreak, up from 105 on Monday, and just 46 one week ago.
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday announced 12 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 105.
"Anybody that walks in through this green door has to wear a mask."
The cleanup continued at Vaughn Occupational High School on Sunday as students and staff got tested for coronavirus.
The phones are ringing off at the State of Illinois' coronavirus hotline.
The IDPH said there are currently 286 people in the state undergoing monitoring and twice daily testing who may have been exposed.
"Our top priority is keeping Illinoisans safe and we are using every tool and resource at our disposal to prepare for this virus and contain any spread."
The Illinois State Board of Education said there have been intense discussions between schools and state and local health departments. And that ultimately, the schools are following their lead.
Illinois health officials announced the second confirmed case of coronavirus in the U.S. was located in Chicago.
DuPage County officials announced Saturday that they are investigating three cases of Legionnaires' disease that have occurred since May of last year in a Carol Stream retirement community.
"Meadowbrook Manor has been taking a proactive approach to follow IDPH policies and requests that are made when any facility has a health care-associated Legionnaires' disease case."
Nationwide, there have been more than 2,000 cases and at least 40 people have died.
Despite its life-saving abilities, naloxone's accessibility remains scarce. But it is being distributed in an unlikely place – Cook County Jail.
Public health officials in Illinois have awarded $350,000 in grants to help improve the health care of women of reproductive age.
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A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S. to roll back its civil rights code last year.
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When a doctor was told there was no cure for his daughter's condition, he was motivated to transform not only her health, but the lives of thousands of others.
The flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community will be moving later this year, a restaurant representative said Tuesday.
Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen threw some shade at former teammate Michael Jordan in a new pop commercial.
The City Council in Aurora, Illinois, is likely to lay down the hammer on data centers.
Hundreds of workers were locked out of the BP refinery in Whiting, Indiana, on Thursday after contract negotiations failed to produce a deal ahead of a midnight deadline.
The artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency industries have suffered a setback as they try to reshape the midterm elections and establish themselves as power players in American politics.
Chicago-native John Mulaney announced a new stop at the Wisconsin State Fair this summer.
Following a ribbon-cutting attended by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Saturday, people were let inside the new space, at 5035 N. Broadway right off Argyle Street, for a special open house.
Chuck Norris' family said his death at 86 was sudden, but did not share any details on the cause.
ABC has canceled its already filmed season of "The Bachelorette" starring Taylor Frankie Paul after video surfaced of a 2023 incident in which she was charged with assault.
Acclaimed Chicago bar and music venue The Hideout has been sold to a performer and former employee, but the owners said it will carry on as the same beloved place that visitors have always known.
Ghebry Figueroa, 37, of Prospect Heights, was charged on Tuesday with knowingly operating a motor vehicle while revoked and causing great bodily harm to another, and operating a commercial motor vehicle while disqualified.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon is tracking a potential severe storm for late day Thursday into the early overnight.
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Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen threw some shade at former teammate Michael Jordan in a new pop commercial.
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A man was detained until trial Monday on charges in the death of a Chicago firefighter who died fighting a blaze in the city's Rogers Park neighborhood.
The man charged in the murder of Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman last week missed his first court appearance on Monday, because he was being treated for tuberculosis, prosecutors said.
Police in London are investigating a suspected antisemitic hate crime after vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service were set on fire early Monday morning.
