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NBC 5’s Trina Orlando has the latest details after Chicago’s top health official warned residents to be careful when traveling to neighboring Indiana.

A total of 2,533 new coronavirus cases were reported in Wisconsin Friday, marking the highest-ever one-day report of new cases in the state, according to health officials. Friday’s report shattered the record set just one day earlier, 2,034 new cases within a 24-hour span. According to an analysis by NBC 5 Investigates, Wisconsin has broken its record average daily case…

Chicago’s Public Health Commissioner said Tuesday she expects the United States will have a “safe and effective” coronavirus vaccine by the beginning of 2021, but the availability of a vaccine is just the beginning. “Let’s say [a vaccine] starts to roll out in early 2021,” Dr. Allison Arwady said during a Chicago coronavirus update on Tuesday. “That is going to…

Suburban Cook County is now at a “warning level” for transmission of the coronavirus, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. As of Friday, suburban Cook County was at 112 positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people, well above the state-established target rate of 50 cases per 100,000, officials with the Cook County Department of Public Health stated….

Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady warned the public Tuesday that travel outside Illinois and group gatherings without adhering to health guidelines are likely spreading the coronavirus.

The University of Illinois at Chicago is enrolling up to 1,000 people in a national clinical trial starting Monday of a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

Chicago Ald. Michael Scott Jr., who represents the city’s 24th Ward, has tested positive for the coronavirus, the alderman said in a statement released Thursday evening. Scott said he underwent coronavirus testing Friday at the “Bike the Boulevard” event, which was hosted by the 24th Ward and the city’s 10th and 11th police districts. Scott said he received his...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has tested negative for the coronavirus after an alderman who took part in one of her press conferences tested positive Thursday, according to the mayor’s office. Ald. Michael Scott Jr., who represents the city’s 24th Ward, said in the evening that he received positive results for the virus and was experiencing no symptoms. On Wednesday,...

Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, details where Chicago stands now and what is needed for the city to move to its next phase of reopening/

Chicago’s top doctor said Friday she’s concerned about the possibility of a second wave of coronavirus cases coinciding with flu season this coming fall and winter. At a news conference where she discussed the city’s progress in combating the coronavirus infection rate, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady shared her worries about how the coronavirus could...

Chicago won’t be eligible to transition into phase three of its reopening plan until at least early June, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday.

Chicago is slated to enter phase three of its opening plan in early June, but what exactly will it take to get to there? Several businesses will be able to reopen with capacity limitations under phase three, “cautiously reopen,” of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s city-specific, five-phase reopening plan. Lightfoot stated at a news conference that she couldn’t give an exact...

The city of Chicago has reached a bleak milestone of 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced on social media Monday. “These are more than just data points, they’re our parents, grandparents, children, friends and loved ones who touched the lives of countless individuals across our city, all of whom are grieving now,” Lightfoot said on Twitter. Despite crossing the…

Health officials on Saturday continued to investigate whether the March death of an infant was caused by COVID-19, with Chicago’s top doctor suggesting that may not be the case. During a news briefing on Facebook, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said it is preliminarily believed that infant did not die from coronavirus, however a final...

Residents and advocacy groups in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood are looking for answers after a smoke stack demolition released a cloud of dust that blanketed the area. Chicago Alderman Michael Rodriguez was one of several leaders facing those questions on Sunday, and he said that the release of dust into the air during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic simply exacerbated...

What makes coronavirus so different from other viruses that have caused pandemics in the past? Dr. Allison Arwady of the Chicago Department of Public Health explains why this virus is unique, and why its spread must be slowed as much as possible.

More than 1,000 hotel rooms will be rented by the city of Chicago to be used as quarantine and isolation sites for potential coronavirus patients or those in recovery, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday afternoon. The efforts will help ensure those individuals won’t place an unnecessary burden on hospitals, free up beds for more seriously ill patients and help decrease…

More than 1,000 hotel rooms will be rented by the city of Chicago to be used as quarantine and isolation sites for potential coronavirus patients or those in recovery, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday afternoon. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

CVS Health has announced it will be adding 50,000 new jobs to help the company meet demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

Chicago health officials started preparing for an outbreak like the coronavirus almost a year ago, the city’s Department of Public Health revealed Wednesday. Last spring, the city hosted the first of a two-phase “preparedness exercise” that brought hundreds of federal, state and city officials together to plan for a potential outbreak of a new virus. “We actually did a...