Jake Griffin
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Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations drop below 1,300 patientsOct 22, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials today reported 1,277 COVID-19 patients are being treated in Illinois hospitals. That's the first time hospitalizations from the respiratory diseas...
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Hampshire man dies after crash near SchaumburgOct 22, 2021 1:00 am - Authorities say a 57-year-old Hampshire man was killed when the car he was driving on Interstate 90 near Schaumburg Thursday hit a guardrail and overturned. Illinois Sta...
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Booster shots outpacing demand for initial round of COVID-19 vaccinesOct 22, 2021 1:00 am - More people in Illinois are getting COVID-19 booster shots each day than are receiving their first or second doses of the vaccine. That's according to new data released...
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Pritzker orders COVID-19 vaccines for day care workersOct 22, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued an executive order today mandating COVID-19 vaccines for all day care providers. The edict, he said, affects roughly 55,000 workers in the stat...
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Three charged in Carol Stream man's overdose deathOct 21, 2021 1:00 am - A Streamwood man and two brothers from Willowbrook are facing drug-induced homicide charges stemming from the January overdose death of a 35-year-old Carol Stream man. I...
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Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations at lowest level since early AugustOct 21, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials on Thursday reported 1,309 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized throughout Illinois. That's the fewest hospitalized with the respiratory disease si...
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What are the next steps toward vaccinating younger children?Oct 21, 2021 1:00 am - It's a waiting game now for parents eager to get their children between ages 5 and 11 vaccinated against COVID-19. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ...
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Illinois' COVID-19 case positivity at lowest point since mid-JulyOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - A key COVID-19 metric has dropped to its lowest level in more than three months, and hospitalizations from the respiratory illness are down more than 14% from a week ago...
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Pritzker aims for holidays to drop indoor mask mandateOct 19, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he'd like to rescind Illinois' indoor mask mandate in time for the holidays, but he stopped short of saying what metrics needed to be hit in orde...
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COVID-19 has killed 1 of every 500 Illinois residentsOct 18, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 has now killed one in every 500 of Illinois' 12.7 million residents. The state surpassed that grim milestone recently as deaths from the virus now stand at 25,4...