IDPH Director Doctor Sameer Vohra urged those who are feeling ill to take a COVID-19 test and to stay home if they test positive to avoid spreading the virus to friends and family, especially ...

“Illinois now has a new tool to prepare our residents for the fall and winter respiratory season: an updated COVID-19 vaccine that targets current strains,” IDPH Director Sameer ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois Department of Public Health is monitoring a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases with fall right around the corner. IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra told WAND ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rated 20 Illinois counties at medium COVID-19 community levels in its Thursday update, up from 19 at medium last week. For the second ...

This news comes as COVID cases continue to rise in Illinois and in the rest of the U.S. Officials with IDPH say that COVID hospitalizations are up in Illinois to the tune of 7% over the previous week.

ILLINOIS (KFVS) - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) released data today that shows COVID-19 treatments have helped to avert approximately 8,600 hospitalizations in the last four months.

Of those, 7.8% were attributed to flu, 1.6% to COVID-19 and 0.7% to RSV. “IDPH continues to closely monitor data on seasonal ...

According to a Friday release from IDPH, 51 counties in Illinois are now at a medium or high level for Covid hospitalizations. (0 Ratings) ...

Illinois is seeing levels of respiratory viruses tick up, the Illinois Department of Public Health said, with a “notable increase” in emergency department visits and hospital admissions for flu, ...

Daily case and death data will no longer be reported as of Jan. 1. Following that date, IDPH will report weekly data on Wednesday of each week. ...