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What to know as Illinois receives first COVID-19 vaccines

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration arrived in Illinois...

COVID-19 deaths surpass 14,000

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News IllinoisJnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The COVID-19 death toll surpassed 14,000 on Friday as the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 190 additional...

Officials urge COVID-19 caution amid backdrop of modest progress

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker said the state continues to make gradual progress in suppressing the spread of COVID-19 and...

Pritzker touts importance of national testing strategy

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – While COVID-19 infection rates continued to decrease Wednesday, the number of people hospitalized for the disease increased to...

Pritzker says state ‘long way’ from exiting COVID-19 ‘danger zone’

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have fallen from their second-wave highs, but the death toll from the disease continues to...

With potential vaccine approval looming, Pritzker warns of long distribution process

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Health officials gave an update on the state’s COVID-19 vaccine plan Friday with potential federal approval anticipated as...