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Cases of COVID-19 on the rise in Ottawa

May 10, 2020 Local Headlines, North Central Illinois Update

OTTAWA – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced on Sunday that the Ottawa area now has 12 positive tests for COVID-19 since the pandemic began. The number of individuals of that 12 who are considered recovered has not been disclosed. The neighboring community of Marseilles

1,656 new cases, 57 COVID-19 related deaths announced Sunday

May 10, 2020 Local Headlines, North Central Illinois Update

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 1,656 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 57 additional deaths. Currently, the IDPH is reporting a total of 77,741 cases, including 3,406 deaths, in 98 counties in Illinois. Within the past 24 hours,

Three new cases of COVID-19 found in LaSalle County; 57 active cases remain

May 10, 2020 Local Headlines, North Central Illinois Update

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department announced Sunday an additional three COVID-19 cases bringing the total since the pandemic began to 105 cases. The additional cases are women, including a teenager, a woman in her 20’s and a woman in her 60’s. All of the newly infected

E-Check Payment Processor Fee Waived Through August 2 at Sec of State’s Office

May 10, 2020 Local Headlines

SPRINGFIELD – In an effort to encourage online transactions with the Secretary of State’s office at www.cyberdriveillinois.com, Secretary of State Jesse White and Treasurer Michael Frerichs will be waiving payment processor fee associated with e-checks through August 2, 2020. White and

Illinois American Water donates portion of $58,000 to local COVID-19 relief

May 10, 2020 Local Headlines, North Central Illinois Update

BELLEVILLE – Illinois American Water and the American Water Charitable Foundation are donating a portion of over $58,000 to COVID-19 relief funds to organizations across the area. “Now more than ever, we must all come together to help our frontline workers and those providing resources

111 New Coronavirus Deaths in Illinois

May 9, 2020 Local Headlines, North Central Illinois Update

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced 111 new deaths in Illinois, and 2,325 new confirmed cases. Public Health officials say the deaths range from a man in his 20s to two women in their 100s. 95 of the deaths were in the Chicagoland area, the overwhelming

LaSalle County Covid-19 Cases Tops The Hundred Mark

May 9, 2020 Local Headlines

OTTAWA – Nine new coronavirus cases and one more death were confirmed Saturday by the LaSalle County Health Department. According to the health department, the 9 cases range from a woman in her 30’s to a man in his 90’s. All nine are in isolation, and that makes 102 total

Pritzker’s Daily Briefing Streak Over At 61

May 9, 2020 Local Headlines

CHICAGO – This is the first weekend since March that Governor J.B. Pritzker will not give his daily briefing on Illinois’s response to Covid-19. Pritzker said on Thursday that the streak of daily briefings will end on Friday, May 8th. Friday was Pritzker’s 61st

Scientists Differ on Projected Illinois Covid Deaths

May 9, 2020 Local Headlines

SPRINGFIELD – Two prominent universities have different scenarios for the Covid-19 pandemic in Illinois. The University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics, which was speculated to have been used by the White House in March to justify lockdowns, predicts that Illinois has passed

IDPH: Marseilles long term care facility had 40 infections, one death

May 8, 2020 Local Headlines, North Central Illinois Update

MARSEILLES- A long term care facility in Marseilles has had an outbreak of COVID-19 that the Illinois Department of Public Health has said resulted in 40 infections and one COVID-19 related death. Aperion Care has approximately 100 beds, but the current number of residents living there was not