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Students exit Evanston Township High School as a lockdown is lifted Thursday. Now Evanston Township students are not expected back on campus for the rest of the year — because of a rise in COVID-19 cases.

Remote learning makes a comeback as schools enter another holiday break with COVID-19 surging

December 18, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

By most accounts, Thursday was an emotional day for Evanston Township High School students, parents and staff members. The school was placed on lockdown in the morning after two handguns...

Dr. Richard Wunderink makes his morning rounds, visiting a COVID-19 patient, in the medical intensive care unit (ICU) at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Feinberg Pavilion on Dec. 16, 2021.

Space in Illinois hospitals is at an all-time pandemic low, as patients flood in and workers burn out

December 17, 2021 at 4:54 p.m.

Illinois hospitals are being flooded with patients more than at any other time of the pandemic, a Tribune analysis of state data has found, with fewer beds open than during...

Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates, left, speaks as relatives, friends and co-workers of jonL Bush gather for a candlelight vigil Thursday to remember the Carnegie School special education classroom assistant who died from COVID-19 in November.

CPS sees spike in COVID-19 cases, and 10,000 students are in quarantine

December 10, 2021 at 6:27 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools saw its highest number of new daily COVID-19 cases in students this week, according to district data. CPS reported about 600 student cases this week through Thursday....

Nathaniel Barajas receives a COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Leyda Rojas at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn on Nov. 24. Health officials say getting vaccines and booster shots are the the best way to control the spread of COVID-19 as cases grow again and the new omicron variant has emerged.

Omicron variant discovered in Chicago, marking first case detected in Illinois of latest COVID-19 version

December 7, 2021 at 7:25 p.m.

The coronavirus's omicron variant was detected for the first time in Illinois in a Chicago resident, authorities announced Tuesday, almost two weeks after discovery of the new variant first reported...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Chicago mulls proof-of-vaccine entry rules as COVID-19 surges again and first omicron case reported

December 7, 2021 at 6:18 p.m.

Chicago might mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for access to certain public spaces as the omicron variant arrived in a city still grappling with an existing surge that has blown up caseloads...

Registered nurse Tiffany Robles gives a COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine booster shot to Johnnie Adams, at Atlas Senior Center on East 79th Street in Chicago on Oct. 27, 2021.

Illinois reports highest daily coronavirus count of 2021, and officials say some infections tied to Thanksgiving gatherings and travel

December 2, 2021 at 6:47 p.m.

A week after Thanksgiving, Illinois on Thursday reported this year's highest daily total of new coronavirus cases, while COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen higher than any point since last winter. The...

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Remote learning makes a comeback as schools enter another holiday break with COVID-19 surging

Space in Illinois hospitals is at an all-time pandemic low, as patients flood in and workers burn out

CPS sees spike in COVID-19 cases, and 10,000 students are in quarantine

Omicron variant discovered in Chicago, marking first case detected in Illinois of latest COVID-19 version

Chicago mulls proof-of-vaccine entry rules as COVID-19 surges again and first omicron case reported

Illinois reports highest daily coronavirus count of 2021, and officials say some infections tied to Thanksgiving gatherings and travel

About 15% of Illinois residents have gotten COVID-19 booster shot, as Omicron enters U.S. and Illinois faces surge

Latest COVID-19 surge in Illinois surpasses late summer wave

Chicago set to reach 77% vaccine goal, but some areas of the city lag far behind

Coronavirus cases continue to increase in Illinois ahead of one of year’s busiest travel weekends