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COVID-19 provides another whirlwind year for Illinois as vaccines arrive, but variants threaten to upend all the progress made in 2021.
Death rates from COVID-19 in Illinois dropped in 2021 by over 45% from 2020, a welcome trend that's due in large part to vaccines, experts said. The state also reported its second highest new-case tally as omicron proliferates.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases jumped by 30% in two weeks, state data showed Monday, as the tally of Illinoisans getting booster shots, a crucial tool against the virus and the emerging omicron variant, lagged.
Illinois Department of Public Health officials have confirmed the first state case of COVID-19 caused by the highly transmissible omicron variant.
Illinois Department of Public Health officials have confirmed the first state case of COVID-19 caused by the highly transmissible omicron variant.