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A man takes a smoke break outside the main doors of Symphony Nursing home in Joliet on April 15, 2020. Symphony of Joliet continues to lead the state in the number of deaths tied to a facility, with 26, according to the state data.

Newly released state figures show jump in COVID-19 deaths at some Illinois long-term care facilities

April 25, 2020 at 7:43 p.m.

The state released figures this weekend that showed a dramatic jump in deaths of those linked to long-term care facilities — to 625, more than double reported a week ago....

Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrives in a mask to speak April 19, 2020, at the Thompson Center during the coronavirus pandemic.

After President Trump makes comments about possibly using disinfectants to fight coronavirus, Illinois Poison Center sees increase in calls, state health official says

April 25, 2020 at 7:31 p.m.

In the two days since President Donald Trump made remarks about the possibility that somehow injecting disinfectants into the human body may help fight the novel coronavirus, the Illinois Poison...

City View Multicare Center nursing home in Cicero.

One case? Or 38? Pandemic exposes inconsistent, incomplete data on COVID-19 cases in Illinois.

April 25, 2020 at 12:51 p.m.

On a busy stretch of Cermak Road in Cicero, a nine-story nursing home towers over a collection of shops and — by one measure — also looms as one of...

Illinois officials say the state is hitting its COVID-19 peak — and that’s actually good news

April 24, 2020 at 6:06 p.m.

For weeks, Illinois officials have said the state has been "bending the curve" on the COVID-19 pandemic's rate of growth. Now the state's leaders say they think Illinois is reaching...

An ambulance leaves the Chateau Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Willowbrook on March 17, 2020, where officials announced March 18 that those testing positive with COVID-19 had grown to 42 people.

New data shows far reach of COVID-19 in Illinois nursing homes: At least 286 deaths, nearly a quarter of the toll in the state

April 19, 2020 at 10:38 p.m.

Amid revelations of alarming and deadly COVID-19 outbreaks at nursing homes, the Pritzker administration on Sunday released for the first time details of the number of cases and deaths tied...

Nearly 300 Illinois nursing home patients and staff have died from COVID-19, but the state won’t say which facilities are infected

April 18, 2020 at 7:29 p.m.

Nearly 300 Illinois nursing home patients and staff have died from COVID-19, but exactly where still remains largely cloaked in secrecy. Unlike some states, Illinois hasn't named specific facilities where...

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Newly released state figures show jump in COVID-19 deaths at some Illinois long-term care facilities

After President Trump makes comments about possibly using disinfectants to fight coronavirus, Illinois Poison Center sees increase in calls, state health official says

One case? Or 38? Pandemic exposes inconsistent, incomplete data on COVID-19 cases in Illinois.

Illinois officials say the state is hitting its COVID-19 peak — and that’s actually good news

New data shows far reach of COVID-19 in Illinois nursing homes: At least 286 deaths, nearly a quarter of the toll in the state

Nearly 300 Illinois nursing home patients and staff have died from COVID-19, but the state won’t say which facilities are infected

Nursing homes put workers at risk by failing to provide enough protective gear, union says

Chicago officials say city is ‘bending the curve.’ How do we know? What does it mean?

High rates of confirmed coronavirus cases emerge in south suburbs

Fewer deaths, earlier peak in new coronavirus prediction for Illinois