An additional 77 inmates and 11 staff are showing symptoms. A worker installs ceiling tiles Wednesday on the third floor of the former Sherman Hospital site in Elgin. Pritzker said officials have looked at releasing “and already have released a number of” low-level offenders, individual serving short time or pregnant mothers. Advocate Sherman Hospital 847-742-9800. There were four beds and one operating room. By the end of the week, McCormick Place in Chicago will have 500 hospital beds up and running, and the convention center will house as many as 3,000 hospital beds by the end of April, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said. • Daily Herald staff photographer John Starks contributed to this report. Staff is now wearing protective equipment and taking temperatures upon entering the facility. The conversion of the old Sherman Hospital site in Elgin into a facility for non-acute COVID-19 patients is slated to be done by April 24, officials said. All rights reserved.

“I can’t emphasize enough how much we need the federal government to step up and amplify the size of their PPE deliveries to Illinois, and to all of the states,” Pritzker said. Daily, weekend and Sunday packages. The governor said the state has an additional stockpile – which is ever-changing – of 420,000 N95 masks, 41,000 surgical masks, 22,000 gowns, 340,000 gloves, 108,000 goggles and 73,000 face shields. The plan is for at least 275 beds and construction is expected to be completed by April 24. "Regardless of what the models say, the responsible action of the state of Illinois is to be prepared to respond to the need of our local jurisdictions.". Now-Oct. 19, submit a photo of your cute pet. Plan your weekend and catch up on the news with our newsletters. Newsletter. More than 9,000 Illinois residents have now died of COVID-19, IDPH reports, Here's where each health region in northern Illinois stands as of Monday, Doctor says Trump won’t transmit virus, stays mum on tests, Here's where each health region in northern Illinois stands as of Saturday, COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois at more than 1,800 for the first time since June, Letter: Keep your vote for McHenry County Coroner, Letter: Supporting Justin Hansen for judge, Letter: Professional athletes and kneeling. Call today to schedule an appointment or find a doctor at one of our nearly 400 sites of care.

You could win a great prize! The old hospital building was demolished in 2012. Illinois will receive shipments of 5.5 million N95 masks and 5.5 million surgical masks by the end of the week. Local news, prep sports, Chicago sports, local and regional entertainment, business, home and lifestyle, food, classified and more! As a public service, Shaw Media will provide open access to information related to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) emergency. Some hospitals in the most affected areas have received more than one shipment. Elgin Everyone wore face coverings and gloves and was mindful of social distancing. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state is also working to reopen two shuttered hospital facilities: the former Advocate Sherman Hospital campus in Elgin and the former MetroSouth Health Center in Blue Island. “Ideally, all cases should be isolated individually.”. John Starks | Staff Photographer, Work is ongoing at the old Sherman Hospital site in Elgin to turn it into a facility for non-acute COVID-19 patients. The facility is being refurbished by Turner Construction under the supervision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District to house non-acute COVID-19 patients. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District also has been assigned to work on rehabilitation of MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island and Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park. “If we never have to go beyond our existing facilities, we will all be extremely happy,” Pritzker said. According to IDPH data, Chicago has now seen 2,198 confirmed cases. Precautions at construction sites also include limiting work to two or three floors at a time, limiting elevator use by encouraging use of stairwells, making stairwells "one-way only" to limit contact among people, and asking workers to take lunch breaks where they are working, McFadden said. Illinois has tested 30,446 people, as of Monday. Sign up for the newsletter here. Illinois has about 30,000 hospital beds, compared to about 25,000 in 2019.

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