Homewood-Flossmoor High School will institute its hybrid learning model on Tuesday, Feb. 16, but there is a caveat to the decision. In a letter to parents dated Jan. 15, Superintendent Von Mansfield and Principal Jerry Anderson said the plan would be put in place if reports of COVID-19 infections in[Read More…]
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COVID-19 numbers: Jan. 15
This graph shows state hospitalizations (the blue line), the number of people in intensive care units (ICU, the yellow bars) and the number of people on ventilators (green bars) since the beginning of the year. Region 10 (includes H-F) Positve test rate: 9.3% Consecutive days under 12% test positivity: 29 Consecutive days[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: Jan. 14
This graph shows state hospitalizations (the blue line), the number of people in intensive care units (ICU, the yellow bars) and the number of people on ventilators (green bars) since the beginning of the year. Region 10 (includes H-F) Positve test rate: 9.3% ↓ Consecutive days under 12% test positivity: 28 Consecutive days[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: Jan. 13
This graph shows state hospitalizations (the blue line), the number of people in intensive care units (ICU, the yellow bars) and the number of people on ventilators (green bars) since the beginning of the year. Region 10 (includes H-F) Positve test rate: 9.8% Consecutive days under 12% test positivity: 27 Consecutive days[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: Jan. 12
This graph shows state hospitalizations (the blue line), the number of people in intensive care units (ICU, the yellow bars) and the number of people on ventilators (green bars) since the beginning of the year. Region 10 (includes H-F) Positve test rate: 9.8% ↓ Consecutive days under 12% test positivity: 26 Consecutive days[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: Jan. 11
This graph shows state hospitalizations (the blue line), the number of people in intensive care units (ICU, the yellow bars) and the number of people on ventilators (green bars) since the beginning of the year. Region 10 (includes H-F) Positve test rate: 10% ↓ Consecutive days under 12% test positivity: 25 Consecutive days[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: Jan. 10
This graph shows state hospitalizations (the blue line), the number of people in intensive care units (ICU, the yellow bars) and the number of people on ventilators (green bars) since the beginning of the year. Region 10 (includes H-F) Positve test rate: 10.2% ↓ Consecutive days under 12% test positivity: 24 Consecutive days[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: Jan. 9
This graph shows state hospitalizations (the blue line), the number of people in intensive care units (ICU, the yellow bars) and the number of people on ventilators (green bars) since the beginning of the year. Region 10 (includes H-F) Positve test rate: 10.4% ↓ Consecutive days under 12% test positivity: 23 Consecutive days[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: Jan. 8
This graph shows state hospitalizations (the blue line), the number of people in intensive care units (ICU, the yellow bars) and the number of people on ventilators (green bars). Region 10 (includes H-F) Positve test rate: 10.6% ↑ Consecutive days under 12% test positivity: 22 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 7 Consecutive[Read More…]
Coping with COVID: Tempered hope and new milestones
Hope/caution. We are thinking about using this tagline for pandemic reports in the coming months: “There’s light at the end of the tunnel, but we’re not out of the woods.” It’s two cliches in one mixed metaphor, but with everything we’re dealing with now, we figure such abuses of good taste[Read More…]


