Springfield News
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APR 22, 2020
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday acknowledged the peak of the coronavirus’ spread in Illinois — once forecasted for mid-April — likely won’t come for another few weeks, as 119 more people were reported dead after being diagnosed with Covid-19, pushing the death toll to 1,468.
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APR 22, 2020
UNLOCKEDFour days after Illinois’ general obligation bonds saw a downgrade from Fitch Ratings Inc. to one notch above junk status, Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday warned the coronavirus pandemic and its accompanying economic consequences will strain the state’s creditworthiness and “are likely to exacerbate the already substantial financial challenges that Illinois faces.”
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Four days after Gov. JB Pritzker announced substantial increases to coronavirus testing capacity in Illinois, the daily number of new test results reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health was barely half of the 10,000 test per day benchmark Pritzker set out in late March as the state’s goal to accurately predict the location and spread of Covid-19.
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An emergency workers’ compensation rule approved last week that would automatically approve workers’ compensation for essential employees who contract the coronavirus will stand, as the commission with the power to question the rule has canceled its meeting this week.
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“Millions” of gloves and masks will arrive in a second chartered flight from China on Monday, Gov. JB Pritzker announced over the weekend, defending his administration’s decision to obtain personal protective equipment through third parties sourced from China.
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APR 20, 2020
UNLOCKEDFind the latest COVID-19 case counts and case demographics for your area, as reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health, with the lookup tool below, presented here in collaboration with The Chicago Reporter.
IDPH is not providing ZIP code-level data in ZIP codes with fewer than six cases for privacy reasons, so this data is not exhaustive. Additionally, some location data has yet to be provided by commercial laboratories.
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COVID-19 data source: Illinois Department of Public Health. Some data has yet to be provided by commercial laboratories (including counties). IDPH is working with commercial labs to obtain the necessary data. All numbers displayed are provisional and subject to change. ZIP code is ZIP code of residence, which may not be location of exposure.
Geographic and population data source: US Census/American Community Survey. Per-capita figures are not calculated for ZIP codes with population margin of error greater than ± 10%. This map and figures display US Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs). The boundaries of ZCTAs may vary slightly from from postal ZIP codes. -
Illinois’ death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 1,000 lives on Thursday, with 125 new Illinoisans counted among the dead — by far the most deadly 24-hour period yet in the state’s fight against Covid-19.
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Eight weeks ago, Gov. JB Pritzker stood at the podium on the Illinois House floor in Springfield, laying out his $42 billion budget plan for the 2021 fiscal year — a plan based on rosy assumptions the strong economy would keep humming along and with high hopes for his signature graduated income tax constitutional amendment passing muster with voters in November, which he had promised on both the campaign trail and in his first year in office would net the state billions more in revenues.
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No cost projection was completed for state or local governments before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission approved an emergency rule earlier this week making it easier for essential employees working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic to claim workers’ compensation, officials acknowledged Wednesday when the commission approved the rule again after critics alleged Monday’s action constituted a violation of the state’s Open Meetings Act.
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With another 74 coronavirus deaths and 1,222 new cases reported in Illinois Tuesday, Gov. JB Pritzker warned that while the state appeared to be “bending” its previously exponential growth in Covid-19 cases, it could be a long road to returning to any semblance of normalcy.
