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Illinois health officials reported 1,966 new COVID-19 cases and 72 deaths Thursday as weather continues to delay vaccine delivery.

Emily Bollinger / WGLT COVID vaccines are still in limited supply, but health officials fear many people still wont get a shot when its available. McLean County health officials have focused on one segment of the population that may be hardest to reach, a group that has a complicated past with the health care system. Felicia Shaw Felicia Shaw of Bloomington is skeptical about the COVID vaccine. She traces much of that back to the Trump administration. “Our former president, number 45, un...

Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 1,420 new coronavirus cases, 41 deaths; 2nd COVID vaccine dose strategy announced WLS Replay Video UP NEXT The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported 1,420 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 Monday, with 41 deaths. IDPH is reporting a total of 1,163,674 total COVID-19 cases, including 20,002 deaths. As of Sunday night, 1,789 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 389 patients we...

The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from Feb. 7-13 is 3.6%. A total of 2,125,375 doses of vaccine have been delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago, with an additional 445,200 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered in Illinois to 2,570,575. Vaccine appointments remain scarce even to those who are eligible before the expansion of group 1B. Efforts to vaccinate minorities continue to fall shor...

Illinois health officials reported 1,420 new COVID-19 cases and 41 deaths Monday as they announced a strategy to ensure everyone who has gotten their first COVID vaccine can get a second dose within the necessary window.

TWO men described by US prosecutors as “Irish Travellers” have been sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay back $729,000 cash taken in home repair scams. Father and son, Bartley Gorman, Jr., 56, and Sean Patrick Gorman, 27 appeared from Fort Worth, Texas, via video link to change their plea from not guilty to guilty this week. A court affidavit says the two men are part of a crime ring known as Travelers, Irish Travelers and several other names and concentrated their efforts on ...

The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from Feb. 5-11 is 3.7%. A total of 1,929,850 doses of vaccine have been delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago, with an additional 456,100 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered in Illinois to 2,385,950. Vaccine appointments remain scarce even to those who are eligible before the expansion of group 1B. Efforts to vaccinate minorities continue to fall shor...

Tim Shelley / WGLT McLean County’s coronavirus rolling testing positivity rate fell to its lowest level since August on Friday, but the drop in new cases has done little to improve hospital bed capacity in Bloomington-Normal. The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) reported 21 new confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases on Friday, while 81% of Bloomington-Normal’s intensive care beds are occupied. That’s the highest percentage of ICU beds in use since early January. The department sa...

The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from Feb. 4-10 is 3.9%. A total of 1,929,850 doses of vaccine have been delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago, with an additional 456,100 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered in Illinois to 2,385,950. The IDPH says that vaccine distribution numbers are reported in real-time and vaccine administration numbers lag by as much as 72 hours. IDPH reports tha...

New cases have decreased, while active cases have increased in today's (Thu) COVID-19 report from the North Da...