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The graph shows the rolling, 7-day positivity rate for tests completed starting on June 1. Illinois Department of Public Health data was used to calculate the averages. (Credit: Jerry Nowicki of Capitol News Illinois)

Illinois reports 106 COVID-19 deaths Tuesday

By RAYMON TRONCOSO Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Illinois reported its third consecutive day with more than 100 COVID-19 deaths Tuesday. Meanwhile, most statistics the… Login to continue reading Login…

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Illinois COVID-19 death toll hits 16,000

By RAYMON TRONCOSO Capitol News Illinois    SPRINGFIELD – While the number of new COVID-19 cases and people hospitalized in Illinois continue to decline, the… Login to continue reading Login…

Gov. JB Pritzker discusses the state's COVID-19 vaccination program during a virtual news conference Wednesday. (Photo credits: blueroomstream.com)

Illinois leading the nation in COVID-19 vaccinations

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – More than 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Illinois since the first vaccine was… Login to continue reading Login…

Chemica Jones, 41, a certified nursing assistant, receives one of the first COVID-19 vaccines administered in Illinois during an event Tuesday at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. (Credit: blueroomstream.com)

First health care workers vaccinated in Peoria

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Five health care workers at a hospital in Peoria became the first people in Illinois to receive… Login to continue reading Login…

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State’s COVID-19 deaths surpass 14,000

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – The COVID-19 death toll surpassed 14,000 on Friday as the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 190… Login to continue reading Login…

Bonnie Blue, a Chicago resident who took part in a clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine, speaks via videoconference during Gov. JB Pritzker's daily media briefing Tuesday to encourage everyone to take the vaccine once it becomes available. (Credit: Blueroomstream.com)

Pritzker touts promising vaccine data

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois    SPRINGFIELD – As COVID-19 infection rates continued to fall Tuesday, Gov. JB Pritzker said the first delivery of… Login to continue reading Login…