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Risk of Community Spread The above charts show that the seven-day averages of new COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Evanston, Suburban Cook County, Chicago, and Illinois. Each area has more than 150 new cases per 100,000 population in the last seven days. The Illinois Department of Public Health says that more than 100 cases per 100,000 indicates a risk of “substantial spread.”  The Center for Disease Control says that more than 100 cases indicates a risk of “high transmission.” [1, 2 and 3] For test positivity in the last 7 days, IDPH uses a target of 5%. CDC says between 5% and 7.9...

State Receives $124 Million in Funding for Vaccinations The State of Illinois will receive an additional $124 million in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to further expand its COVID-19 vaccination program. Of that amount, $33 million is earmarked for the City of Chicago. The award is part of $3 billion in funding that CDC has granted to 64 jurisdictions to bolster broad-based vaccine distribution, access, and administration efforts. The funding was made available by the American Rescue Plan and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations A...

A suburb of Chicago could soon become the first city in the country to fund reparations for black residents.