Jake Wittich
Staff reporter
Jake Wittich is a staff reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Young people from around the state submitted questions for Saturday’s youth-centric town hall that also addressed mental health issues.
The virus has now been reported in 86 of the state’s 102 counties. Nearly 93,000 people have been tested.
Mike Bancroft and Anne Kostroski of Sauce and Bread Kitchen have given hundreds of free meals to unemployed restaurant workers as well as artists, doctors and others in need.
The hospital’s new director, James Doelling, sent an email to Hines VA staffers calling for “all hands on deck” after many employees had already been working from home for weeks.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike — donning protective face masks they removed before speaking — also announced during their Sunday coronavirus update 899 new cases of COVID-19, marking 11,256 confirmed cases in Illinois since the pandemic first hit.
The two employees worked at the store at 2500 W. 95th St. in the south suburb, which remained open Saturday.
Thirty-three deaths and 1,453 new cases of COVID-19 were announced Satuday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike reported in their daily coronavirus update.
The 1,105 new cases reported Sunday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker include 18 deaths and bring Illinois total number of cases to 4,596 and 65 deaths.
The couple, Aron Croft and Rachel Jacobs, remained in good spirits throughout the ceremony despite the occasional technical difficulty — and barking dogs.