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Posts tagged COVID-19 Testing
COVID cases continue uptick
But state positivity rate for coronavirus testing holds steady at 3 percent
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Lightfoot threatens to kick COVID culprits to curb
Pritzker echoes concerns, especially on young adults, alters state regions for ‘surgical’ approach to stem surges
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Collegiate conduct key to curbing COVID on campus
UIUC, Loyola lead confab on preparations for fall semester
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COVID-19 racial disparities span nation
But New York Times has to sue CDC to get data, as Trump spreads lies on coronavirus
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Thank God it's Phase 4 Friday
‘Now is the time,’ says Dr. Emily Landon, ‘to take advantage of the numbers that look so great for Illinois’
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Guv rings school bell for return to class
Colleges, schools prepare for fall, subject to change ‘with a dramatic reversal or a second wave of the virus’
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Chicago reopens Lakefront Trail
Illinois keeps lid on new COVID-19 cases, leading to Phase 4, as other states see spikes
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State surpasses 1 million COVID-19 tests
Pritzker touts 11 community sites across Illinois for anyone to be tested, as confirmed cases top 125k
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Onward to Phase 3 to Restore Illinois
Pritzker defends need to retain public services in pandemic, focuses scrutiny going forward on nursing homes
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State COVID toll tops 5,000 with 160 new deaths
Pritzker touts expansion of contact tracing in East St. Louis, St. Clair County
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COVID-19 hospitalizations at six-week low
‘We seem to have come off the peak,’ says Gov. Pritzker, while counseling continued containment
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Budget, vote-by-mail, Chicago casino pass
State ends long weekend with lowest daily COVID death toll in seven weeks
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Pritzker preps child care to reopen with Phase 3
Governor ‘very disappointed’ legislators won’t act on COVID scofflaw citations
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Pritzker rips Trump, GOP on mail-in voting
Citing ‘enormous ideological difference,’ guv says, ‘I believe in democracy and the right to vote’
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COVID-19 hospitalizations down to 4,000
Gov. Pritzker also cheers ‘very exciting news’ state has taken lead in testing per capita
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HEROES Act awaits action
Congressional Dems back $3T COVID-19 relief package as Senate Republicans resist
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Business scofflaws face citations
Pritzker touts ‘lighter enforcement mechanism,’ praises 99 percent of businesses ‘following our gradual reopening plan’
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Pritzker: Stay home in Illinois
‘The virus knows no boundaries,’ says governor, discouraging trips out of state
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Entire state poised to move on to Restore Illinois
Chicago area lowers positivity rate on testing; governor unveils jobs site while again warning scofflaws
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New one-day high for COVID-19 deaths: 192
Pritzker targets nursing homes for tests, PPE, renews threats to stay-at-home scofflaws
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