coronavirus hospitalizations

As health officials monitor rapid increases in coronavirus cases in the state of Illinois, hospitalizations have also been on the rise, nearly doubling over the course of the last month. According to statistics provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health, 2,028 individuals are currently hospitalized in the state because of severe coronavirus symptoms. Of those patients, 466 are in…

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued an urgent warning Monday about hospitals in Illinois as facilities across the state continue to see overwhelming numbers of coronavirus cases. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando reports.

Deaths related to COVID-19 in Illinois are up a startling 260% from the start of October, Gov. J.B. Pritzker revealed Monday, as the state continues to deal with increasingly alarming coronavirus rates.