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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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Northwest Illinois faces new COVID restrictions
St. Clair County can’t leave Region 4, and ‘tremendous number of tests’ at UIUC may not save Region 6
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The bar is open in Will, Kankakee counties
Pritzker, IDPH restore Region 7 to Phase 4; COVID warning list trimmed to 24 counties
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Pritzker keeps youth football on sidelines
Guv blames GOP for failure to aid states, cities in pandemic, appeals to congressional delegation
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Guv cheers COVID progress in Region 7
Pritzker also monitoring college campuses for outbreaks, urges immediate flu shots; 30 counties on warning list
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Pritzker declares 'red alert' on COVID
Metro East faces same bans as Will, Kankakee counties; all diners ordered to wear mask as much as possible
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20 counties on notice for COVID
State tops 215,000 cases with 2,208 newly confirmed Friday, along with 24 deaths
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UIUC saliva COVID test OK'd by FDA
Pritzker cheers ‘game changer’ in pandemic, producing faster results at lower cost
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Metro East goes backward on reopening
COVID-19 testing positivity rate of 8 percent prompts renewed restrictions
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COVID-19: 2,000 a day, 200,000 total
IDPH confirms 2,264 new cases, one day after topping 200,000 total; 14 counties warned
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Pritzker goes BIG with grants to small business
First $46M goes to 2,500 businesses hurt by pandemic lockdown, social unrest
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CPS to open school year online
Parent, teacher worries build on science to sway mayor; governor details IDES fraud
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$5M COVID-19 mask campaign: 'It Only Works if You Wear It'
Pritzker calls for compliance considering ‘very disturbing trends’
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Guv clamps down on recreational sports
‘It’s time to defend our progress,’ Pritzker says, warning of renewed COVID mitigation in Metro East
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If you're not wearing a mask, 'the enemy is you'
Pritzker warns Metro East on rising positivity rate on testing as new daily COVID cases approach 1,600 statewide
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Pritzker, Ezike say Trump politicizing pandemic
‘He’s acted irrationally all along,’ says guv, as doc frets about CDC data
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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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