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November 23, 2020 Update

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:COVID-19 Update: Beginning Friday, November 20th, all of Illinois entered Tier 3 mitigations designed to slow the spread of COVID-19. The new mitigations fall just short of a mandatory stay-at-home…

November 13, 2020 Update

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS: COVID-19 Update:  With COVID-19 cases skyrocketing statewide, the Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday recommended people stay at home as much as possible, including working from home, and only…

November 7, 2020 Update

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:COVID-19 Update: As of November 4th, all eleven of Illinois’ public health regions are under additional mitigations intended to slow the spread of COVID-19. Governor Pritzker is facing push back against…

October 23, 2020 Update

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:COVID-19 Update: Governor Pritzker and Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike resumed holding daily COVID-19 press conferences as Illinois enters it second surge of the virus. All 11 regions in…

October 16, 2020 Update

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:COVID-19 Update: Illinois’ statewide positivity rate has climbed to 4.9%, up over a full percentage point since last week’s rate of 3.5%. New cases are at the highest levels since…

October 9, 2020 Update

COVID-19 Update: On Thursday, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,059 new confirmed cases of COVID0-19 in Illinois, including 32 additional deaths. In total, the Department is reporting 310,700 cases,…