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COVID-19 in Chicago and Illinois

Follow WBEZ’s news coverage of the coronavirus pandemic focuses on equity, the vaccine rollout in Chicago and the state, and the impact on our daily lives.


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A person wearing a face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks in Philadelphia on Feb. 16.
Environment & Public Health
COVID-19 cases are rising in Chicago. Will a mask mandate return?
By Courtney Kueppers
 
Line chart of COVID-19 deaths
Coronavirus in Illinois: Today’s case count and death toll
By Charmaine Runes , Jesse Howe , and 1 more
 
An illustration of a COVID-19 chart on a spiral-bound notebook surrounded by school supplies
Education
Tracking COVID-19 in schools: Your guide to the official data for Chicago and Illinois
By Charmaine Runes  and Matt Kiefer
 
In Case You Missed It
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  1. Street closings, security checkpoints, tree trimming, flower planting — it’s going to start looking a lot like DNC!
  2. Judge wants Chicago gang kingpin Larry Hoover in court for his mercy bid
  3. The hope, the worry and the surreal that Illinois Black female Democratic delegates see in Kamala Harris’ moment
  4. As the DNC returns to Chicago, Illinois’ dean of the delegation, Dick Durbin, basks in the moment
  5. Democrats expect Republican leaders to send more buses of migrants to Chicago before the DNC
  6. Video shows sheriff’s deputy shoot and kill an unarmed woman in Springfield, Ill.
  7. Kamala Harris presidential campaign considering J.B. Pritzker as running mate