The Effingham County Health Department announced the COVID-19-related death of a man in his 80s, as well as 18 new cases Thursday.
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The Effingham County Health Department announced 17 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday.
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The Effingham County Health Department has announced two COVID-19 vaccine clinics for Effingham County residents aged 75 and over.
The Effingham County Health Department announced the COVID-19-related death of a woman in her 80s and 30 new positive cases of COVID-19 from Saturday, Jan. 16, through Tuesday, Jan. 19. There were 11 cases on Saturday, six on Sunday, nine on Monday and four on Tuesday.
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EFFINGHAM — Vaccinations are underway in Effingham County to those in the Phase 1A vaccine distribution group and select Phase 1B subgroups as the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Tuesday one COVID-19-related death in Effingham County of a female in her 80s.
SPRINGFIELD – The state’s COVID-19 seven-day average case positivity rate dropped to 5.7 percent Tuesday, the lowest it has been since Oct. 23.
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SPRINGFIELD – Nine of 11 regions in the state’s COVID-19 mitigation plan have seen mitigations lifted in the past week, with two moving all the way back to Phase 4 restrictions.
The Effingham County Health Department announced Thursday two COVID-19-related deaths of a woman in her 70s and a man in his 90s, as well as 27 new positive test results.
SPRINGFIELD – The statewide seven-day rolling COVID-19 case positivity rate decreased slightly on Thursday to 6.8 percent, remaining below 8 percent for a sixth consecutive day.
The Effingham County Health Department announced 35 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday.
The Effingham County Health Department announced 10 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.
SPRINGFIELD – The statewide seven-day rolling COVID-19 case positivity rate remained below 8 percent for a third consecutive day Tuesday after decreasing for a fourth straight day.
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SPRINGFIELD – Some regions of the state could see loosened COVID-19 restrictions as early as Friday as some counties have already transitioned to the next phase of vaccine distribution, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday.
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The Effingham County Health Department announced the COVID-19-related death of a man in his 80s and 75 new positive cases of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) from Saturday, Jan. 9, through Monday, Jan. 11. There were 23 cases on Saturday, 25 cases on Sunday and 27 cases on Monday.
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois reported another 4,711 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 81 additional virus-related deaths Sunday as the rolling seven-day average positivity rate fell below 8 percent.
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Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes reports that 409 people died in Effingham County in 2020 – up from 368 people in 2019. In 2018 and 2017, the death toll was 388 in both years.
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Vaccinations for local health care providers is underway, Effingham County Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Karen Feldkamp told the health committe this week.
The Effingham County Health Department announced 29 new positive test results on Thursday. The cases range in age from younger than 1 year old to 80s.
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois has reported more than 1 million cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital began administering the second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday. The second dose of this vaccine is given 21 days after the first dose.
The Effingham County Health Department announced 61 new positive COVID-19 test results Wednesday.
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SPRINGFIELD – Statewide Tier 3 COVID-19 mitigations could be lifted within 10 days.
The Effingham County Health Department announced the COVID-19-related death of a man in his 80s on Tuesday, bringing the number of COVID-related deaths in Effingham County to 53.
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The Effingham County Health Department (ECHD) announced that it is in Phase 1A of its COVID-19 vaccination plan and will begin providing vaccinations to health care providers in Effingham County.
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SPRINGFIELD — The state’s COVID-19 hospitalizations and average case positivity rate remain below second-wave highs while public health officials in Illinois continue to caution residents that a post-holiday surge could materialize.
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The Effingham County Health Department (ECHD) announced that it is in Phase 1A of its COVID-19 vaccination plan and will begin providing vaccinations to health care providers in Effingham County. Last week ECHD transferred its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to HSHS St Anthony’s Hospital,…
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The Effingham County Health Department announced 56 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, as the department said it is seeing signs of a post-Christmas spike.
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The Effingham County Health Department announced the COVID-related death of a man in his 50s and 53 new positive test results on Thursday. The cases range in age from younger than 10 to 80s.
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SPRINGFIELD — As the numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths continue to climb in Illinois, health officials in the county that includes the state’s capital city say enough progress has been made to again allow limited indoor service in bars and restaurants — to the chagrin of Gov. J.B. Prit…
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SPRINGFIELD — As Illinois’ COVID-19 hospitalization and case numbers have stabilized since the second-wave highs last month, the governor’s office announced 126,211 vaccinations were administered throughout the state, including Chicago, as of Tuesday evening.
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois reported its third consecutive day with more than 100 COVID-19 deaths Tuesday. Meanwhile, most statistics the state uses to measure progress in combatting the coronavirus ticked up slightly.
She’d wanted to frame and hang them — just three printed pictures that had been sitting in Lucy O’Donoghue’s suburban Atlanta house since the year began. That’s all. Yet with a full-time job and two small kids, she hadn’t found the time.
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SPRINGFIELD – While the number of new COVID-19 cases and people hospitalized in Illinois continue to decline, the state’s coronavirus death toll has surpassed 16,000.
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SPRINGFIELD — In early July, a judge in Clay County voided Gov. JB Pritzker’s executive orders in a sweeping order that he applied to the entire state, at the request of a southern Illinois lawmaker who sued Pritzker over his response to the pandemic.
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SPRINGFIELD – More than 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Illinois since the first vaccine was approved for emergency use this month, more than any other state in the nation, and state officials expect the pace of the vaccination program to speed up as the federal …
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The Effingham County Health Department announced 36 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, ranging in age from less than 10 to 80s.
SPRINGFIELD – The top public health official in the United States said Tuesday that the COVID-19 trends in Illinois are improving and he urged the public to get vaccinated as soon as the doses become available to them.
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Effingham County Health Department announced Monday the COVID-19-related death of a man in his 90s bringing the number of COVID-related deaths to 48.
CHICAGO — Illinois public health officials have attributed 79 more deaths to COVID-19 among 6,003 new cases reported on Sunday.
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SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Illinois heath officials added 108 more coronavirus deaths to the state's toll on Saturday as daily fatalities have topped 100 for all but two days this month.
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday that more than 17,000 doses of the first coronavirus vaccine have been administered to Illinois frontline health care workers outside of Chicago, up from 3,500 doses on Thursday.
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The Effingham County Health Department announced the COVID-19-related deaths of a woman in her 60s, and a woman in her 70s on Thursday. The health department also announced 26 new cases, ranging in age from younger than 10 to 80s.
The Effingham County Health Department announced the COVID-19-related deaths of a woman in her 60s, and a woman in her 70s on Thursday. The health department also announced 26 new cases, ranging in age from younger than 10 to 80s.
SPRINGFIELD — Coronavirus vaccinations from the state’s National Strategic Stockpile were delivered Thursday to 77 hospitals in 45 counties throughout the state, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced at his daily briefing.
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The Effingham County Health Department announced the COVID-19-related death of a man in his 90s Wednesday. The health department also announced 35 new cases, ranging in age from younger than 10 to 70s.
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SPRINGFIELD – The state has been advised it will receive roughly half of the shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations that it originally expected from the federal government for the next two weeks, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday.
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has several mobile testing teams that are dispatched to various locations around the state each week to provide COVID-19 testing.
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The Effingham County Health Department announced the COVID-19-related deaths of a man in his 80s and a woman in her 80s on Tuesday. The health department also announced 29 new cases, ranging in age from teens to 80s.
SPRINGFIELD – Five health care workers at a hospital in Peoria became the first people in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, marking what Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike called “the beginning of the end” of the pandemic.
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Effingham County Health Department announced two COVID-19-related deaths this past weekend of a man in his 80s and a woman in her 90s, bringing the number of COVID-related deaths to 41.
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