One woman and three men from Tazewell County and two Peoria County men are the latest Tri-County residents to die from COVID-19 as Illinois approaches 1
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By Greg Bishop - Illinois Radio Network
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration refiled an emergency COVID-19 rule similar to one that expired Monday to continue statewide mask and social distancing requirements for Illinoisans for another 150 days.
A rule filed last year before the legislature met in May was repealed by the governor after critics said it criminalized business owners.
In August, the governor filed a different emergency rule the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules allowed to stand.
JCAR member state Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, said that rule expired Monday.
“I believe that’s correct, and my understanding is that an extension to that emergency rule or a new emergency rule will be filed in a similar vein,” Demmer said Tuesday.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 7,201 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases and 157 virus-related deaths in its daily report.
As of Thursday night, the state health department said 4,093 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. 837 patients were in intensive care units and 496 were on ventilators.
The preliminary statewide positivity rate from Christmas Day through New Year’s Eve rose to 9.5%, up from 9% for the weekly period ending December 30, the health department said.
A more comprehensive look at state and local COVID data can be found