COVID-19

Kankakee County Residents Reflect on National COVID-19 Day

KANKAKEE, Ill. - Today marks National COVID-19 Day in the United States, a day dedicated to reflecting on the impact of the pandemic on communities across the world. On this...

IDPH to offer 1 Million COVID-19 tests to K-12 public school districts 

CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Thursday it will provide a one-time bulk shipment over-the-counter...

“This may force schools to go remote,” Governor says as Administration asks for immediate appeal of School Safety ruling  

CHICAGO - Governor Pritzker has asked the Illinois Attorney General’s office for an immediate appeal of Judge Grischow’s...

Multiple area schools begin to implement “masks optional” policy beginning Monday 

PEOTONE - Multiple schools in Illinois will begin instituting a “masks optional” policy beginning Monday. Among them, Peotone...

Illinois records pandemic high of more than 200,000 COVID cases in one week

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday that the state had recorded 201,428 new cases...

Illinois COVID-19 tests, 21% result in ‘positive’ Seniors account for half all deaths

Illinois Department of Public Health reports 21% of all Illinois COVID-19 tests result in ‘positive’ with ages 70+ account for half of all deaths....

Champaign Region Hospitals report 95% of Ventilators in use

IDPH reports as of Tuesday night, Champaign Region Hospitals are nearing capacity as 95% of all area ventilators in that network.  The number accounts...

What 9/11? Almost 10x deaths have now occurred from COVID-19

We stand on an unbalanced scale this day in history, yet we have the nerve to say #CoronaWillEndSoon?  That’s what’s trending today on Twitter. Trending,...

Riverside Healthcare confirms 17 cases of COVID-19 at Miller Center, 8 days after 1st reports

Riverside Healthcare confirmed 17 cases of COVID-19 among residents of the Miller Center facility in Kankakee.  The confirmation came tonight in a release from...

COVID-19: 89 at Shapiro, 244 in Kankakee County, less than 20% recovered as of Wednesday

Kankakee County Health Department officials announced this afternoon 16 new COVID-19 cases along with one new death to bring totals to 244 total cases...

COVID-19: IDPH announces 1.3k cases , 80 dead Wednesday

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced today  1,346 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 80 additional deaths.  That includes 4...
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