CHICAGO (WLS) – Illinois public health officials on Saturday announced 3,629 new cases of Covid-19, with 27 additional deaths. The total number of Covid-19 cases in Illinois now stands at 339,803 with 9,192 deaths. The number of new cases reported on Friday is the highest in a single day since …
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Local health officials and the U.S. Department of Disease Control and Prevention. During a three-week family vacation this summer, a 13-year-old girl, including some from Cook County, contracted COVID-19 to 11 relatives, according to Kendra. . The CDC released detailed findings of the case in a report online report on …
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A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine has found a possible link between vitamin D deficiency and coronavirus contractions. The researchers looked at patients at 948U Uchihago Medicine and found that COVID-19 deficiency in untreated vitamin D was about twice as high as in patients …
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Twenty counties in Illinois are now at a “warning level” for coronavirus, the state health department said Friday. The warning means that each of the counties saw increases in two or more COVID-19 “risk indicators,” the health department said. The counties now under warning include: Bureau, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Franklin, …
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With Will County among 14 counties in Illinois at an “alert level” for coronavirus, area contact tracers report a “disruptive mixed bag of attitude” when it comes to the virus. The warning means the county has seen increases in two or more COVID-19 “risk indicators,” said Illinois’ Department of Public …
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