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Good Thursday morning, Illinois. We just received a copy of “Boss Cermak of Chicago,” and I think that’s the nicest gift a political gal can get. It joins Mike Royko’s “Boss” and Adam Cohen and Elizabeth Taylor’s “American Pharaoh” as trivia go-to sources.
Illinois reports 2,304 new coronavirus cases, 47 more deaths
By AP NEWS
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois public health officials said Tuesday that if statistics governing
COVID-19 restrictions continue to improve, nearly all of the state will be able to return to milder rules on socialization.
The Public Health Department reported 2,304 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus illness, with 47 additional deaths.
Since the first COVID-19 case in Illinois was reported on Jan. 24, 2020, there have been 1,130,917 infections detected. Among those, 19,306 people have died since the first fatality was recorded on March 17.
The daily figures have consistently dropped since November, the worst month in Illinois for coronavirus illness. Of 11 COVID-19 monitoring regions, eight had returned to Phase 4 of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Restore Illinois plan and out of the more restrictive tiered categories necessary during last fall’s resurgence of the virus.
Midwest Communications
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The state of Illinois as of Tuesday is projected to have administered a million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday reported 14,422 shots were given between Sunday and Monday to the state’s residents. This brought the total of doses given to 996,410.
2,312 tests during that reporting period came back positive, while 16 people died from related complications.
Hospitalizations as of Sunday night were at 2,387. Of those patients, 515 were in intensive care, and 278 were on ventilators.
Labs throughout the state collected 61,263 specimens to be tested.
A more comprehensive look at state and local COVID data can be found
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