On Friday, Illinois stopped providing historical data on COVID-19 in nursing homes. A day later, the full numbers are back. – Chicago Tribune

The switch was at least the second significant change to the way the health department makes COVID-19 data related to long-term care facilities available to the public. On May 15, the department stopped publicly reporting probable cases of COVID-19 tied to the facilities and counted only cases that had been confirmed in labs. The change seen Friday would have made it impossible for the public to know how many people in the facilities have been infected — and have died — over time.

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A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign

“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”

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