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Posts tagged Illinois COVID-19 Toll
Chicago dining Saturday, Phase 1B Monday
Pritzker admits ‘frustrating’ shortage of vaccines, blames Trump, lauds Biden
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Three regions leave Tier 3, ease COVID bans
Northwest, southern Illinois join Quad Cities, Bloomington-Normal in reopening museums, allowing low-risk sports, group fitness
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Pritzker drops next-phase vaccine age limit to 65
Decision driven by concerns over racial equity; regional tier mitigations could be downgraded Jan. 15
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Ill. leads U.S. with 100K COVID vaccinations
Pritzker praises process on Pfizer shot, awaits reinforcements from Moderna vaccine
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New COVID cases dropping, but not enough
State tops 15K deaths, but Pritzker says cases, hospitalizations ‘seem to be heading in the right direction’
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Vax or mask: Cover up until you sleeve up
COVID vaccine goes to health-care workers first, while everyone else needs to observe 3 W’s
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Pritzker lays out COVID vaccine plan
Health-care workers, long-term-care residents to get shots first, with focus on 50 counties with top death rates
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Guv guards against 'post-Thanksgiving surge'
Pritzker says Tier 3 COVID mitigations to remain in effect at least to mid-December
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Don't be a COVID turkey this Thanksgiving
Pritzker, Ezike make final pleas to stay home as guv lays out plans for fiscal stopgap
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COVID-19 pandemic's bitter tiers
Illinois moves to Tier 3 mitigations in effort to turn back latest wave of coronavirus
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Stay-at-home recommendation
IDPH ‘recommends’ Illinoisans work from home, limit outings for next three weeks as COVID cases surge
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New one-day record cracks 500K cases total
Pritzker warns of rising COVID hospitalizations, lauds 100K tests conducted in a day
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Guv welcomes Biden leadership on COVID
Pritzker approves new resurgence mitigations on collar counties, southern Illinois
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10,000 new COVID cases, 10,000 dead
Dr. Ezike says, ‘The next several months are going to be very tough, but how tough still depends on us’
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One-day record puts COVID count past 400K
Only west-central region remains in Phase 4, and it’s likely to face renewed restrictions next week
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Metro East relapse, now joined by Cook suburbs
Six of 11 regions face COVID ‘resurgence mitigation,’ Pritzker warns four others at risk
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'Fight the fatigue,' urges Dr. Ezike
Four regions face renewed COVID restrictions, half of state counties on warning list
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Southern Illinois sees COVID rollback
Restaurants, bars to be closed for indoor service; Pritzker warns of ‘new wave’ of infections
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New one-day high for COVID cases
IDPH confirms 4,554 new cases, positivity rate rises above 5 percent, 2,000 hospitalized, 34 counties on coronavirus warning list
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Back to Marko's Fish House!
Metro East returns to Phase 4, allowing indoor dining, after Pritzker praised ‘enormous progress’
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