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Hand sanitizer dispensers are available near Cloud Gate on June 15, 2020, as Millennium Park reopens.

COVID-19 cases are spiking in states across the country. How does Illinois compare?

July 7, 2020 at 5:49 a.m.

Across the country, states have either delayed reopening or reimposed restrictions amid surges in COVID-19 cases that have begun packing hospitals. Waiting on the sidelines, at least for now, is...

Symphony of Joliet nursing home in Joliet was hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Long-term care facilities in Illinois continue seeing declines in COVID-19 outbreaks, deaths

July 3, 2020 at 9:10 p.m.

Even as concerns rise about a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Illinois, newly released state data show that deaths and outbreaks continue to drop among long-term care facilities, where most...

Justin Reyes administers a COVID-19 test to Maria Suarez outside Heartland Health Centers in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on July 10, 2020.

A COVID-19 surge in your county? New Illinois website offers ways to check.

July 1, 2020 at 5:54 p.m.

As Illinois shifts into phase four of its reopening plan, state health officials have now made it possible for residents to track weekly COVID-19 figures at the county level. Their...

A man takes a smoke break outside Symphony of Joliet, April 15, 2020. The nursing home had 130 positive cases that killed 25 residents and workers.

COVID-19 deaths dropping in Illinois long-term care facilities

June 26, 2020 at 7:11 p.m.

Long the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois, long-term care facilities have begun showing significant drops in the number of residents and workers dying of the novel coronavirus. State...

People participate in the One Million Man March in downtown Chicago on June 19, 2020.

How much did protests spread COVID-19 in Chicago? No way to know for sure, but overall figures continue to trend downward.

June 22, 2020 at 1:10 p.m.

At the start of June, public health officials wondered whether major street protests over police killings of African Americans would lead to a spike in coronavirus cases. Crowds of people,...

Susana Fragoso, center, SEIU members and caretakers place a candle outside the Thompson Center June 18 for each of the more than 3,400 Illinois residents and caretakers who have died of COVID-19.

Illinois to begin allowing limited outdoor visits at nursing homes amid continued PPE shortages and deaths

June 19, 2020 at 7:49 p.m.

Illinois public health officials have OK'd limited outdoor visits at nursing homes — a significant development as facilities still struggle with finding workers and protective gear while the death toll...

Margaret Orozco pushes her bike to get tested for coronavirus outside Loretto Hospital in Chicago on April 27, 2020.

Will there be a second COVID-19 surge in Illinois? These are the stats to watch.

June 9, 2020 at 10:04 a.m.

After Illinois flattened the COVID-19 curve, the state began to reopen. More people mingled. Then the George Floyd killing in Minnesota spurred widespread protests. Along the way, health experts have...

‘The state needs to be all over this’: New federal data shows how COVID-19 is ripping through understaffed Illinois nursing homes

June 5, 2020 at 7:05 p.m.

Newly released federal data shows that COVID-19 has likely infected more than 7,000 nursing home workers in Illinois, with a fourth of homes complaining they are short-staffed and scores saying...

Demonstrators hold signs outside Batavia City Hall during a protest June 3, 2020, over the death of George Floyd.

‘I believe there’s definitely going to be a change’: Anti-racism protests in western suburbs bring reflections on privilege, optimism for a better future

June 4, 2020 at 8:29 a.m.

Demonstrations against racial injustice continued in Chicago's western suburbs Wednesday, as large crowds gathered in Batavia and Wheaton to protest racism and envision a better future. A crowd estimated to...

Pastor, Todd Fletcher, of the First Baptist Church of Lake Forest speaks during Wednesday's demonstration at Market Square in Lake Forest, June 3, 2020. (Brian O'Mahoney/Pioneer Press)

Several hundred people gather in Lake Forest for vigil following the death of George Floyd: ‘I am asking you to walk into the discomfort’

June 4, 2020 at 9:19 a.m.

Several hundred people gathered Wednesday evening in the center of a largely boarded-up Lake Forest Market Square to call attention to the death of George Floyd and reflect on the...

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