Illinois reported 3,293 new and probable cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the statewide total since the beginning of the pandemic to 934,142. The state also reported 66 new deaths, raising the overall toll to 15,865.
The case total is the lowest in Illinois since Oct. 19, when 3,113 cases were reported. And on Thursday, Illinois’ seven-day average for coronavirus deaths fell to 116, its lowest point since Dec. 2.
Meanwhile, unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed Sunday as President Donald Trump refused to sign an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.
Here’s what’s happening this weekend with COVID-19 in the Chicago area and Illinois:
Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to sign an end-of-year COVID-19 relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.
The fate of the bipartisan package remained in limbo Sunday as Trump continued to demand larger COVID relief checks and complained about “pork” spending. Without the widespread funding provided by the massive measure, a government shutdown would occur when money runs out at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
“It’s a chess game and we are pawns,” said Lanetris Haines, a self-employed single mother of three in South Bend, Indiana, who stood to lose her $129 weekly jobless benefit unless Trump signed the package into law or succeeded in his improbable quest for changes.
Washington has been reeling since Trump turned on the deal after it had won sweeping approval in both houses of Congress and after the White House had assured Republican leaders that Trump would support it.
Unemployment benefits for millions in limbo and government shutdown looms as Trump rages
Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday unless President Donald Trump signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.
Trump’s refusal to sign the bipartisan package as he demands larger COVID relief checks and complains about “pork” spending could also force a federal government shutdown when money runs out at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday in the middle of a pandemic.
“It’s a chess game and we are pawns,” said Lanetris Haines, a self-employed single mother of three in South Bend, Indiana, who stands to lose her $129 weekly jobless benefit unless Trump signs the package into law or succeeds in his improbable quest for changes.
Washington has been reeling since Trump threw the package into limbo after it had already won sweeping approval in both houses of Congress and after the White House assured Republican leaders that Trump would support it.
Instead, he has assailed the bill’s plan to provide $600 COVID relief checks to most Americans — insisting it should be $2,000. House Republicans swiftly rejected that idea during a rare Christmas Eve session. But Trump has not been swayed.
Illinois reports 3,293 new and probable COVID-19 cases and 66 new deaths
Illinois reported 3,293 new and probable cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the statewide total since the beginning of the pandemic to 934,142.
The case total is the lowest in Illinois since Oct. 19 when 3,113 cases were reported.
The state also reported 66 new deaths — the lowest total in about a month — raising the overall total to 15,865.
The deaths ranged from a man in his 20s to two women who were 100 or older.
A spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Public Health said reported cases and deaths are typically lower after weekends, and “this could be the case for the holiday weekend.”
As of Friday night, 4,021 people were hospitalized with the virus, including 874 in the ICU and 494 on ventilators.
—Madeline Buckley
5,742 new and probable cases of COVID-19 and 156 additional deaths reported
The state reported another 156 deaths on Christmas Day. The statewide death toll is now 15,799 since the start of the pandemic.
There were 98,958 tests reported in the previous 24 hours. The seven-day statewide positivity rate for the week ending Dec. 24 fell to 8.6%.
—Chicago Tribune staff
A COVID-19 Christmas — less glitter, but still some silver linings: ‘It gets back to what’s important’
For most Chicago-area residents who observe Christmas, this year’s holiday is like no other in their lifetimes, with traditional gatherings of loved ones in homes and churches, and exchanges of presents and meals, curtailed, modified, Zoom-ified or done away with altogether.
For some that has meant dropping off presents at front stoops instead of getting together, or visiting with relatives at care facilities through the window.
But many are still trying to count their blessings and make the best of things.
Pope Francis: COVID-19 vaccines for all, but for needy and vulnerable first
Pope Francis made a Christmas Day plea for authorities to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all, insisting that the first in line should be the most vulnerable and needy, regardless of who holds the patents for the shots.
“Vaccines for everybody, especially for the most vulnerable and needy,” who should be first in line, Francis said in off-the-cuff remarks from his prepared text, calling the development of such vaccines “light of hope” for the world.
“We can’t let closed nationalisms impede us from living as the true human family that we are,” the pope said.
He called on the leaders of nations, businesses and international organizations to “promote cooperation and not competition, and to search for a solution for all.”
Amid a surge of coronavirus infections this fall in Italy, Francis broke with tradition for Christmas. Instead of delivering his “Urbi et Orbi” speech — Latin for “to the city and to the world” — from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Square, he read it from inside a cavernous hall at the Apostolic Palace, flanked by two Christmas trees with blinking lights.
US to require negative COVID-19 test from all travelers from Britain because of new strain of virus, CDC says
xThe United States will require airline passengers from Britain to get a negative COVID-19 test before their flight, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late Thursday.
The U.S. is the latest country to announce new travel restrictions because of a new variant of the coronavirus that is spreading in Britain and elsewhere.
Airline passengers from the United Kingdom will need to get negative COVID-19 tests within three days of their trip and provide the results to the airline, the CDC said in a statement. The agency said the order will be signed Friday and go into effect on Monday.
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