At least four Joliet nursing care centers have reported five or more new coronavirus deaths since March.
Will County continues to see more than 100 people diagnosed with the new coronavirus several days a week.
AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center officials participated in Mayor Bob O'Dekirk's weekly coronavirus news conference.
Will County's Health Department now reports 145 coronavirus deaths in Will County since March.
The overwhelming majority of Joliet's coronavirus deaths have been associated with nursing care facilities across the city.
Villa Franciscan has had the second most number of new coronavirus deaths involving Joliet nursing homes.
Will County Health Department data showed the number of new coronavirus cases increased by more than one hundred.
The company that runs Symphony of Joliet has made several changes since Mayor Bob O'Dekirk called the nursing home a "mess."
Will County's Health Department also reported its youngest new coronavirus death so far: a man in his 20s.
Four more people from Will County have died from the new coronavirus, Will County's Health Department revealed Wednesday.
Will County reports 107 deaths attributed to the new coronavirus so far this year.
Will County's latest reports say 1,693 people in the county have been infected with the coronavirus and 103 have died.
Over 150 people at Joliet nursing homes have been infected with the coronavirus and dozens have died, according to state data.
Symphony of Joliet is not the only nursing home in Joliet struggling to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.
Another Symphony of Joliet employee has died from the new coronavirus, according to WGN-TV.
Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk urged Governor J.B. Pritzker to investigate the deadly coronavirus outbreak at Symphony of Joliet nursing home.
The Will County Health Department's latest data includes a man in his 30s.
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Symphony of Joliet on Larkin Avenue now reports more than 20 deaths from the new coronavirus.
Will County's Health Department announced the deaths of nine more county residents Tuesday.
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Will County's Health Department says there have been 59 deaths attributed to the new coronavirus.
One resident and two employees were reported to have tested positive for coronavirus on Friday.
But a Sheriff's Office official also told Patch that they do not have any written records that could verify that claim, one way or another.
Mayor Bob O'Dekirk said the Joliet firefighter/paramedic who tested positive for the new coronavirus should return to work next week.
This week's death of a woman in her 30s marks the youngest person to die from the new coronavirus so far in Will County.
Will County's Health Department now reports a total of 35 new coronavirus deaths over the past month.
Will County Sheriff Mike Kelley said this becomes the second confirmed coronavirus case involving one of his deputies.
Will County's total number of new coronavirus deaths has more than doubled over the past few days.
Symphony of Joliet nursing home is located along North Larkin Avenue.
Will County Health Department said the total number of new coronavirus deaths has reached 22.
Will County's Sheriff says he continues to follow state and federal guidelines during the outbreak to keep local communities safe.
An inmate from Stateville died at the Morris Hospital as a result of the new coronavirus.
The latest announcement came Saturday from state public health officials.
"This mask should be re-used until it has lost its integrity," chief nursing officer Lynn Watson wrote in an email to staff.
Will County's Health Department said it made a wise decision several days ago to substantially reduce walk-in visits from the community.
An official with the Will County Sheriff's Office told Patch there are thus far no confirmed coronavirus cases in the Will County Jail.
The number of Will County deaths from the coronavirus has increased to eight after reaching four last week.
Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk told Joliet Patch the number of hospitalized Stateville inmates "exploded" within a couple days.
Illinois state public health officials announced Monday that several inmates from Stateville Correctional Center are now on ventilators.