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...

10% of all Shapiro residents test positive for COVID-19 in Kankakee County

Shapiro Developmental Center now hosts 51 cases of COVID-19 among the 477 adults with intellectual disabilities. That means 10% of all residents at the...

Iroquois County reports 8th COVID-19 case

Iroquois County Health Department officials announced late Thursday night their 8th case of COVID-19 in the county.  To date, 6 males and 2 females...

COVID-19: Over 1k COVID-19 confirmed in Will County, 44 dead

Will County Health Department officials announced this afternoon 44 lives have been claimed to date by COVID-19.  The County now hosts 1012 total confirmed...

2nd case of COVID-19 reported at CSL Behring in Bradley

CSL Behring reports a 2nd confirmed cases of COVID-19 among their employees at their site in Bradley. According to Powell, the site has put a...

COVID-19: 163 cases, 100 in Kankakee alone, 8 dead in Kankakee County

Kankakee County Health Department officials announced this afternoon an additional 13 cases this afternoon, bringing County totals to 163 COVID-19 cases. Officials also announced this...

23 COVID-19 Cases among Will County Health Dept

Susan Olenek with the Will County Health Department addressed the media this afternoon to report on both the Health Department’s efforts across the County...
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