On July 25, the state reported 1,426 new COVID-19 cases and 12 additional deaths, charting steadily rising statewide positivity rates reaching 3.6%, leading to stricter COVID-19 restrictions in the city Chicago to try to curb the upwardly trending numbers.

On April 25, 2022, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) released data to describe how the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the health and wellbeing of Chicagoans. In line with national trends, life expectancy in Chicago dropped almost two years from 2019 to 2020.

Chicago's COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard. This dashboard describes the estimated number and percent of Chicago residents who received a COVID-19 shot. The percentage of people vaccinated is known as vaccination coverage.

Take a visual look at the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Chicago and Illinois and data on the efforts to mitigate infections and provide healthcare.

Jul 12, 2022 · CDPH continues to strongly urge everyone to wear masks in indoor public settings, stay up to date on COVID-19 vaccines including all recommended boosters, and avoid non-essential indoor gatherings for people who are at high risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19.

Apr 20, 2022 · Just when things appeared to get better, new variants — delta and omicron — caused cases to surge again. Meanwhile, N-95s, positivity and vaccination rates, nasal swabs, boosters and other new...

Jan 24, 2025 · Friday marked five years since a suburban hospital announced it was treating the first confirmed COVID-19 patient in Illinois. At the time, it was only the second COVID case in the United States.

Jun 27, 2022 · Illinois health officials reported 27,094 new coronavirus cases over the past week, along with 82 additional deaths, marking slight declines in cases from seven days prior as 20 counties across...

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Jan 6, 2023 · In the latest data released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the entire Chicago area sits under the "medium" COVID alert level. The CDC's weekly updated community levels...