Illinois August 3, 2020 5:50 pm A Look Back at Illinois' Highest Numbers During the Coronavirus Pandemic In early May, Chicago reached its highest number of daily cases during the coronavirus pandemic so far, crossing 4,000 cases in a massive and unprecedented one-day spike. Local 5:02 Dismissed: Chicago's sex crime conviction rate among worst of major U.S. cities 2:23 City Winery employee fatally stabbed by co-worker shortly before Danny Boy performance 1:56 Bartlett High School halts yearbook distribution due to photo with ‘contentious rhetoric' 6:31 NBC 5 Nightly Update: Wednesday, May 22 4:04 NBC 5 Responds finds background check websites often fail to locate criminal records