Jake Griffin
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Suburban COVID-19 cases rise at long-term-care facilities even as vaccines beginJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - Of the nearly 750 Illinois residents who died from COVID-19 over the past week, almost half were residents of the state's long-term care facilities. That's according to ...
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Pritzker lowers vaccine age requirement as deaths surpass 17,000Jan 06, 2021 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker lowered the age requirement for vaccination to 65 and older for the next phase of inoculations as the state surpassed 17,000 COVID-19 deaths Wednesday...
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Illinois congresswoman quotes Hitler to crowd outside U.S. CapitolJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - A newly minted Illinois congresswoman with suburban roots quoted Adolf Hitler during prepared remarks Tuesday to supporters of President Donald Trump on the lawn of the ...
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Illinois once again averaging 6,000-plus new COVID-19 cases dailyJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois COVID-19 cases are inching up to average more than 6,000 new cases a day, even as testing for the respiratory disease dropped sharply over the last few weeks. ...
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Suburbs seeing another uptick in COVID-19 casesDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - Not even a week ago, DuPage County's seven-day average COVID-19 case positivity rate was below 6%, and lower than the rates in Chicago, suburban Cook County and the four...
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Despite less testing, new COVID-19 cases continue to riseDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - The 10 state-run COVID-19 testing sites averaged nearly 1,200 fewer tests a day over the past week compared to the week prior. But new cases continue to rise despite th...
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State's COVID-19 positivity rate, hospitalizations climb againDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - The state's seven-day average COVID-19 case positivity rate increased for the second day in a row Tuesday, the first time that's happened since the beginning of the mont...
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COVID-19 deaths surpass 16,000 as vaccines arrive at long-term care facilitiesDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - The state's death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 16,000, Illinois health officials announced Monday. Officials reported 105 more deaths from the coronavirus and anothe...
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Man charged in Christmas Day Aurora drive-by shootingDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - The Kane County sheriff's office announced the arrest of a 26-year-old Aurora man they said is responsible for a Christmas afternoon drive-by shooting near Aurora's sout...
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How COVID-19 affected suburbs' minority communitiesDec 23, 2020 4:00 am - From the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials warned that every American was vulnerable to infection and the virus would not discriminate. But that's exactl...