Jake Griffin
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Pritzker: Illinois' first COVID-19 vaccine allotment will stretch further than expectedDec 02, 2020 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday the state's initial 109,000-dose COVID-19 vaccine allotment will actually go to that many residents instead of half that amount as...
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Pritzker won't loosen restrictions anywhere for 'next few weeks'Nov 30, 2020 12:00 am - Citing fears of a Thanksgiving-related resurgence of COVID-19, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday that mitigation restrictions in the state will not be loosened in comi...
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Illinois surpasses 12,000 COVID-19 deaths (19% of those this month), 700,000 casesNov 27, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois has surpassed 12,000 COVID-19 deaths and 700,000 cases of the disease statewide. State health officials announced Friday that 66 more residents have died from C...
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Illinois hospitals averaging more than 6,000 COVID-19 patients dailyNov 23, 2020 12:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations have averaged 20% more for the past week in Illinois than at the height of the first wave of the disease in the spring. Hospitals statewide ha...
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Suburban long-term care facilities brace for another 'COVID storm'Nov 19, 2020 12:00 am - They were among the first - and certainly hardest - hit during the first wave of COVID-19 last spring, and long-term care facilities are once again battling the deadly v...
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'It means we're in bad shape': Illinois surpasses 11,000 COVID-19 deaths, 600,000 infectionsNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - COVID-19 deaths in Illinois surpassed 11,000 Wednesday as the number of residents infected by the respiratory disease also exceeded the 600,000 threshold. State health o...
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Pritzker puts entire state under tougher restrictions, starting FridayNov 17, 2020 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is putting all of Illinois under greater restrictions that will once again close casinos and theaters, significantly limit capacity at gyms and retail...
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Is Illinois ready to roll out a COVID vaccine?Nov 14, 2020 12:00 am - Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of much of the scientific world has been creating and testing a safe and effective vaccine. With news last week that...
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Though returns show Oberweis losing to Underwood, he appears in Washington for orientationNov 13, 2020 12:00 am - A Facebook post by Republican 14th Congressional District challenger Jim Oberweis shows he was at the U.S. Capitol for "new member orientation" Friday. That's even thoug...
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What do 'probable' COVID-19 cases mean to Illinois numbers?Nov 12, 2020 4:30 am - When the state began reporting probable cases of COVID-19 in June, those figures were always separated from cases that had been confirmed using standard molecular tests ...