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Happy Tuesday, Illinois. It’s a somber day across the country as we mark the one-year anniversary of George Floyd s murder.
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There’s real talk now that the 2022 primary could be delayed.
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For the third time in the space of a week, new coronavirus cases in Illinois have dipped below 1,000.
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday reported 933 new cases and an additional 10 deaths statewide. Eight of the fatalities were in Cook County, including a woman in her 20s and another woman in her 30s, according to state figures.
The latest figures come from a batch of 33,010 tests. The seven-day statewide positivity rate remained at 2.2%.
As of Sunday night, 1,393 people in the state were hospitalized with COVID-19; of those, 334 patients were in the ICU and 180 patients were on ventilators.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Bucking a recent trend of fewer people getting the COVID-19 vaccine than when the shot was first made available, the Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 126,023 doses between Thursday and Friday were administered.
This number far surpassed the rolling seven-day average of 76,812.
In total, 1,573 people during the reporting period tested positive. 21 died.
1,426 Illinoisans as of Thursday night were being kept at hospitals because of complications related to the virus. Of them, 360 were in intensive care, and 206 were using ventilators to breathe.
Testing labs throughout the state collected 73,099 specimens to be tested.
A more comprehensive look at state and local COVID data can be found
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