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While several Chicago-area counties remain at a lower COVID alert level, some are still at an elevated risk, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...

With some health officials predicting the coronavirus will eventually become endemic, what will that mean?

A new and highly contagious COVID variant that quickly rose to dominance in the U.S. and particularly the East Coast, is now rising in numbers across the...

COVID cases in Illinois saw yet another sharp increase over the last week, with metrics more than doubling over the last month. Meanwhile, an unusual outbreak...

Four counties, including one in the Chicago area, are now under a medium COVID transmission risk, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

Published November 13, 2020 • Updated on November 13, 2020 at 4:21 pm Note: Any news conferences from Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot or other officials will be streamed in the video player above. Chicago issued a stay-at-home advisory as the city reaches a "critical point" in the second surge of its coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Thursday. The new guidelines and restrictions come as Illinois set a new record in daily cases for the third consecutive ...