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With the second surge of the pandemic, hospitals across Illinois are being overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen has details on the situation in south suburban Joliet.

Some hospitals across Illinois are getting dangerously close or have reached capacity limits when it comes to treating patients for COVID-19. One hospital in the southwest suburbs is treating close to double the number of COVID-19 patients in a matter of weeks. “We’re doing the best that we can but it is extremely stressful nurses are feeling overwhelmed and...

Will County and the city of Joliet officials are calling on Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health to investigate the Symphony of Joliet nursing home, where 23 people died after contracting coronavirus. NBC 5’s Katie Kim reports.