Residents and staff at long-term-care facilities will also be in Kane County's first vaccine group, with first responders likely to go next.
Kane County’s coronavirus case total rose nearly 75 percent in November, which was the county’s second-deadliest month of the pandemic.
Kane County recorded 74 COVID-19 deaths through the first 27 days of November, more than in the previous three and a half months combined.
Almost 12,000 people in Kane County tested positive for the coronavirus in the first 25 days of November, according to public health data.
Public health data shows 62 Kane County residents have died from COVID-19 in November, four more than in the previous three months combined.
A local ICU nurse is sharing an honest look at the day-to-day life of health care workers on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic.
There are 27,663 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Kane County as of Thursday.
Several new coronavirus restrictions will be in effect throughout much of Aurora starting Friday.
Nine people died from coronavirus-related conditions Saturday, the second-deadliest day in Kane County since the pandemic started.
“It should come as no surprise, given our current rates of spread, that we’re now seeing a soaring demand for tests,” Gov. Pritzker said.
Kane County contact tracers successfully reached 72.6 percent of residents with the coronavirus between Aug. 1 and Oct. 24.
A dozen people in Region 8 were hospitalized Oct. 1 with coronavirus-like illnesses. By Monday, that number ballooned to 60 people.
Unless there is a sudden swell in plasma donations, Versiti Blood Center says it might not be able to keep up with “unprecedented” demand.
State officials are imposing Tier 2 mitigations Wednesday in Regions 7 and 8, where the coronavirus-test positivity rate continues to surge.
Kane County recorded more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases Friday for the first time since the pandemic started, public health data shows.
Region 8 is set to get new restrictions Wednesday, with trends quickly going the wrong way despite two weeks of increased mitigations.
QuestCap is set to open a new coronavirus testing site at the Chicago Premium Outlets that can provide results within a day.
As of Tuesday, Region 8 had recorded a positivity rate above 8 percent for 12 days under increased coronavirus mitigations.
Ten people in Kane County have died from coronavirus-related conditions since Wednesday, public health data shows.
The positivity rate in Kane and DuPage counties on Oct. 29 was more than twice as high as it was at the start of October.
The region's positivity rate has been above 8 percent since Oct. 17, according to public health data.
The facility will be shut down for the next two weeks with all employees quarantining after one tested positive.
The Kane-DuPage region could trigger new restrictions if its positivity rate remains above 8 percent Tuesday.
Kane County’s positivity rate hit 9.1 percent Friday, the highest it’s been since officials started tracking the measure in June.
Kennedy’s Top Box Foods has delivered more than 1,000 food boxes to Aurora residents through a partnership with the city.
Eight residents died in the eight days that followed Kane County's longest stretch without a coronavirus-related death.
Public health officials are urging residents to get flu shots this year, saying it's more important than ever amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Volunteers are expected to hand out fresh produce, produce and dairy products to more than 1,200 families Monday morning.
Five overdoses and two deaths in Illinois are being linked to a counterfeit opioid-related pill known as "M30," officials said.
Kane County recorded 10 percent of its coronavirus cases in the past three weeks but just 1 percent of all deaths, public health data shows.
Residents can stop by Phillips Park on Fridays to get a free flu shot amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Kane County recorded no coronavirus-related deaths in the past 14 days, the longest it’s gone without one since the pandemic started.
The new testing site opened just north of the Chicago Premium Outlets, where the previous site was located for five months.
Kane County saw more coronavirus-related deaths in the first 16 days of September than it did in August. But there have been none since.
The Kane-DuPage region saw some of its highest positivity rates within the past 30 days, but its overall rate is the same as it was Aug. 20.
The flu shots are covered by Medicare Part B and most health insurance plans.
The mall’s property owner decided against renewing a lease to conduct coronavirus testing outside the Chicago Premium Outlets.
The company announced this week that it plans to launch 2,000 new sites to double its coronavirus-testing capacities by mid-October.
Kane County has recorded more coronavirus-related deaths since the start of September than it did in August, public health data shows.
In the first 10 days of September, 698 people in Kane County tested positive for the new coronavirus.