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"Unless we get [the coronavirus] under control ... we will be fighting to save the Titanic with a plastic bucket," Pritzker said Thursday.
Health officials say a slowdown in data processing has led to a backlog of tests, but hasn't affected the reporting of individual results.
Health officials said the positivity rate in the Metro East has only increased since initial restrictions were placed on the region.
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As of Friday, 1,546 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 across the state, including 352 in intensive care and 132 on ventilators.
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The Pritzker administration’s strategy to combat COVID-19 across Illinois has always relied on increased testing, health officials said.
Region 7 saw new restrictions this week, and Region 4, already under restrictions, could be headed for even stricter ones on Sept. 2.
Based on the latest CDC predictions, 187,000 to 205,000 Americans could be dead from the disease by Sept. 12.
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The annual list, released this week, includes 386 colleges from across the country. See which Illinois schools made the list.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said this week that the state has seen "troubling trends" in most of the state's 11 emergency management regions.
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Health officials say not to travel when you're sick, and remember to wear a mask, keep 6 feet away from others and wash your hands often.
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Health officials announced Tuesday 1,740 new cases of the coronavirus and 27 additional deaths, bringing total statewide cases to 209,594.
Fourteen Illinois counties are at a "warning level" for a surge of coronavirus cases, officials said, announcing 2,264 new cases Friday.
