Chicago Sun-Times1mon
Two years — and five surges — after Illinois’ first COVID-19 case, latest metrics ‘headed in the right direction’
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share SPRINGFIELD — Illinois ... 81 deaths reported, following a spate of days last week with death tolls exceeding 100. Although patients hospitalized with COVID ...
Flu, COVID, RSV symptoms: What to know as Illinois sees ‘notable increase' in viruses
Hospital visits in Illinois due to flu are "quite high," with COVID and RSV also circulating. But what are the symptoms of ...
WTTW10d
Respiratory Illness Level ‘High’ in Illinois and Chicago Area, Driven by Increase in Flu Cases
There were about five times as many emergency department visits for flu as there were for COVID-19, according to IDPH data ...
Daily Herald22d
Daily Herald opinion: Five years after Illinois’ first COVID-19 diagnosis, we remember the heroes and hardships
Case numbers, hospitalization rates and death tolls quickly grew over the coming weeks, months and years, with new daily cases soaring above 30,000 in Illinois ... made a COVID-19 diagnosis ...
NBC Chicago2y
Illinois Reports Decline in COVID Case Numbers While ‘Kraken' Variant Spreads in Midwest
The week prior, 1,395 people were reported to be in the hospital with COVID. Overall, IDPH has reported a total of 4,008,844 cases, including 36,000 deaths, in Illinois since the beginning of the ...