Latest Local Information on COVID-19
Western Illinois University Releases Spring 2022 Updated COVID-19 Policies, Procedures
January 16, 2022NOTE: The plan outlined below contains essential, detailed information that all faculty, staff and students must know before returning to...
Continue ReadingIllinois Covid Hospitalizations And Cases Roar To New Record, School Closings Skyrocketing
January 12, 2022Illinois set a new record for covid hospitalizations, with 7,353 Illinois hospital patients infected with the virus and 1,152 in intensive...
Continue ReadingIllinois Battling 'Overwhelming' Covid Numbers; More Schools Statewide Shutting Down
January 11, 2022The latest covid-19 numbers in Illinois remain overwhelmingly high, but have scaled down a bit from record highs last week. However, in...
Continue ReadingQuad-Cities Covid Numbers Continue To Skyrocket, Genesis Hits Record High For A Month
January 10, 2022Quad-Cities covid numbers continue to skyrocket, as Genesis Health Systems reports its latest numbers, and logs a record high for a...
Continue ReadingAs Covid Ravages Illinois, Schools Quickly Going To Remote Learning
January 6, 2022As Illinois hits new records for covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths on a seemingly daily basis, more schools across the state...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Illinois Smashes Covid Records AGAIN; More Schools Going To Remote Learning?
January 5, 2022BREAKING NEWS: Illinois continues to storm into worse covid territory, setting new records again for covid infections and hospitalizations,...
Continue ReadingIllinois Covid Numbers Exploding; Will Schools Go To Remote Learning Soon?
January 4, 2022As Illinois smashes records for covid hospitalizations and pediatric hospitalizations, and the omicron variant crushes the state, calls are...
Continue ReadingQuad-Cities Genesis Health Systems Releases Statement On Local Covid Testing And Pandemic
January 4, 2022Genesis Health Systems has released the following statement from Kurt Andersen, MD, Chief Clinical Officer/Chief Medical Officer, regarding...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Illinois Hits Record-High Covid Hospitalizations; New Restrictions Begin Today
January 3, 2022BREAKING NEWS: Illinois hit a new record with 6,294 hospitalized with Covid-related illness as of yesterday -- the highest number of...
Continue ReadingGenesis Releases Latest Quad-Cities Covid Numbers; Positivity Rate Almost At 40 Percent
January 3, 2022Genesis Health System has released their latest covid numbers for infections and hospitalizations. They are as follows: Genesis Health...
Continue ReadingNew Illinois Covid Restrictions Begin TOMORROW; How Will They Impact You?
January 2, 2022As covid-19 variants slam the state with new records for infections, new covid restrictions begin around some areas of Illinois on Monday,...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Illinois Decimates Covid Record, Over 30,000 Cases Today; Will Kids Return To School?
December 30, 2021BREAKING NEWS: Illinois has absolutely decimated the daily record for covid cases, with a stunning 30,386 cases over the last 24 hours,...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Illinois Covid Numbers Exploding, Children's Hospitalizations Spiking As School Resumes
December 30, 2021BREAKING NEWS: Illinois covid-19 numbers continued to soar as the state roared by the 20,000-case barrier for the third time in six days,...
Continue ReadingIllinois Hits New Record Highs For Covid Numbers As Cases Pass 20,000 Today
December 28, 2021UPDATED: The following article is updated with new information from the office of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. Illinois has hit a new...
Continue ReadingIllinois Hits New All-Time Highs For Covid Numbers; Daily Average Over 16,000 For First Time
December 28, 2021UPDATED: The following article is updated with new information from the office of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. Illinois has hit a new...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Iowa Covid Numbers Remain In Danger Zone; Omicron Continues To Spread
December 27, 2021BREAKING NEWS: Iowa's covid numbers for infection, deaths and hospitalizations remained in the danger zone again this week, with the...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: As Illinois Hits New Covid Records, Pritzker Increasing Testing, Boosters, Restrictions
December 27, 2021BREAKING NEWS: As Illinois covid numbers hit yet more record highs, Gov. JB Pritzker announced the state will beef up testing and booster...
Continue ReadingIllinois Covid Numbers Skyrocket To New Record; Shutdowns, Vaccination Mandates Begin Soon
December 24, 2021Illinois once again saw its covid numbers skyrocket to a new record, as shutdowns of schools and businesses are starting to seep through...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Illinois Shatters Covid Record; Harsher State Restrictions Coming?
December 23, 2021BREAKING NEWS: Illinois decimated the record for single-day cases of covid over the past 24 hours and the last week, as harsher covid...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: New Illinois Restrictions, Vaccine Mandates, Lock In As Covid Explodes 'Out Of Control'
December 22, 2021BREAKING NEWS: Tough new covid restrictions in Illinois have been implemented as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that after Jan. 3,...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Illinois School Shutdowns, Vaccination Mandates Begin As Covid Omicron Slams State
December 21, 2021BREAKING NEWS: Illinois school shutdowns have begun, along with shutdowns of various businesses and performances, and Chicago area...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Illinois Covid Cases Continue Surge, Hospitals Overwhelmed; Shutdowns To Continue?
December 20, 2021BREAKING NEWS: Illinois covid numbers have ripped up another 20 percent over the past week, omicron is surging around Chicago, statewide...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Omicron Ripping Through Iowa, Covid Numbers Soaring; New Restrictions Coming?
December 19, 2021BREAKING NEWS: The omicron covid variant has begun ripping through Iowa, with the number of confirmed cases leaping across seven counties,...
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Shutdowns Begin In Illinois As Covid Numbers Rage 'Out of Control'
December 18, 2021BREAKING NEWS: Shutdowns of performances, events and schools have begun to hit Illinois as covid numbers rage "out of control" and the...
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