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(Bloomberg) -- Erica Ollmann Saphire spent the past year and a half profiling the coronavirus, creating intricate three-dimensional images in her San Diego lab to understand its most problematic features. That information is now revealing the pathogens weak spots and ways to exploit them.

Using an 11-foot (3.35 meter) tall microscope, the most powerful commercially available, shes scoured hundreds of different antibodies against the Covid culprit to identify its salient features. The research at the La Jolla Institute of Immunology led to a study Thursday in Science that gives the most detailed map yet of how to circumvent the SARS-CoV-2 viruss panoply of mutations and variants.

The map, produced in collaboration with 56 research groups on four continents, is enabling scientists to devise blueprints for better vaccines and treatments to thwart the hyper-infectious delta strain, which has become dominant globally, and its successors.

We now have a framework for selecting durable antibody cocktails for Covid-19 treatment, said Ollmann Saphire, who is president and chief executive officer at the La Jolla Institute.

The aim is find two potent and complimentary antibodies that can be combined into a $25 therapy for Covid-19 patients who havent been vaccinated, couldnt be vaccinated, or have developed a breakthrough infection.

Were probably a long way from $25, but the goal is to bring it down from $1,000 to something that could treat more people, she said in a Zoom call Friday. To be practically useful, its got to be something thats durable and resistant to the variants that are circulating.

The World Health Organization on Friday recommended a combination of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies -- casirivimab and imdevimab -- developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. for treating Covid patients at the highest risk of severe disease, and urged drugmakers and governments to address the high price and limited production of the medication.

One rock star antibody developed by a collaborating lab is so far outperforming more than 350 other candidates analyzed by the Coronavirus Immunotherapy Consortium that Ollmann Saphire is leading. Its been shown to block immune-evading variants and provide 100% protection against Covid-19 in lab mice.

I have my eye on that one, and Im looking to see what we might want to pair with it to take forward into clinical studies, she said.

Research on mice is also pointing to a more potent approach to vaccine development based on a more stable version of the coronaviruss spike protein made in her lab that could be used by new or existing inoculations against SARS-CoV-2.

Its fantastic, Ollmann Saphire said. We can make gobs of it and it stays in the right shape and structure for a month in a drawer in the lab at room temperature.

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Two co-hosts of The View, Ana Navarro and Sunny Hostin, were abruptly pulled from the set on live television on Friday morning after testing positive for the coronavirus, minutes ahead of a live in-studio interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.

Joy Behar, another co-host of the show, announced that they had contracted breakthrough cases despite being fully vaccinated. None of the hosts were wearing masks on set, but members of the live studio audience were all masked.

Ana and Sunny, at the last minute, we realized they tested positive for Covid, Ms. Behar said. Ms. Harris, who was in the building preparing to come onstage, later appeared remotely on the program from another room. But her appearance was truncated.

I know theyre fine, but it really does speak to the fact that theyre vaccinated and vaccines really make all the difference, because otherwise wed be concerned about hospitalization and worse, Ms. Harris said, speaking from a remote studio with what appeared to be an iPhone headphone on her ear.

After the positive cases were announced, Ms. Behar and another co-host, Sara Haines, were the only hosts left on set (Whoopi Goldberg, another host, was off on Friday). They took questions from the audience to fill the program while the Secret Service tried to find a way for Ms. Harris to safely participate in the planned interview.

The announcement of the positive cases came minutes after the hosts had been discussing the importance of getting vaccinated and after they had promoted Ms. Harris appearance as her first in-studio interview since taking office.

Ms. Harris appearance on The View had long been planned and was one of only a handful of television interviews she has participated in since taking office. But the timing was not ideal for a vice president whose portfolio includes immigration issues, but who had hoped to use the opportunity to make an announcement about a new broadband investment set to reach more than 3 million schoolchildren.

It came as the administrations handling of Haitian migrants at the border prompted outrage among Democrats and called into question President Bidens decision to swiftly deport thousands who had been arriving en masse at a small Texas border town.

Critics have called the aggressive tactics of Border Patrol racist and have urged the president to stop flying the Haitians out of the country.

During her appearance on Friday, Ms. Harris acknowledged that the images of Border Patrol agents on horseback, some waving their reins while pushing migrants back into the Rio Grande, evoked images of some of the worst moments of our history, where that kind of behavior has been used against the Indigenous people of our country, has been used against African Americans during times of slavery.

But she avoided a question about whether the administration would halt all deportation of Haitians at the Texas border and allow them to apply for asylum.

We have to do more in supporting Haitians who are returning to the island, returning to Haiti, Ms. Harris said. We have got to do more to support Haiti in terms of its needs to get back up and recover, in terms of the natural disasters.

She also noted that the Haitian government is still in disarray and in the process of rebuilding after the president was assassinated. As a neighbor, the U.S. has to help, she said.

A spokeswoman for the vice president, Sabrina Singh, said in a statement that Ms. Harris had no contact with the hosts before the show and that her schedule today will continue as planned.

A spokeswoman for The View did not immediately respond to a request for comment about why the co-hosts received their test results only after appearing on set.

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A ferret in Florida tested positive for coronavirus, making it the first confirmed with COVID-19 in the United States.

The U.S. Department of Agricultures National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) said in a statement that samples were taken after the animal showed clinical signs of COVID-19, including coughing and sneezing.

The ferret is suspected to havecontracted the virus from a personwho had COVID-19.

The samples returned a presumptive positive test at the Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Florida, which was confirmed by NVSL.

Coronavirus infections have been reported in a small number of animal species worldwide, the statement said. Most of the animals had close contact with a person who had COVID-19.

According to data from the Department of Agriculture, there have been 231 confirmed positive coronavirus infections on nonfarmed animals and 17 on mink farms.

Last week, a group of African lions, two Amur tigers and a Sumatran tiger at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., returned presumptive positive COVID-19 tests.

In anupdate on Friday, the zoo said that all of the tigers and three lions are eating normally and improving, while three lions are of greater concern.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the risk of animals spreading COVID-19 to humans is low based on available data. However,the virus can spread from people to animals in some situations.

People who test positive for COVID-19 are advised to avoid contact with animals, including pets and wildlife.

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DENVER (KDVR/WATE) Fall is officially here and with it, comes seasonal allergies. From coughing, to sneezing, and even that scratchy throat, how can you tell the difference between your allergies and COVID-19?

The answer might not be as simple as it seems. The easiest way to determine the difference is by getting a COVID-19 test.

According to Dr. Flavia Hoyte, an allergist with National Jewish Health, Most people who have allergies know what their allergies feel like and when they tend to peak.

A fever does not accompany allergies, so if you have one it could be the first sign that you may want to get tested for COVID-19. Experts warn that you can also be sick with COVID-19 and not have a fever, however.

As we enter the fall, parents bracing themselves for the usual cold and flu threats now have to be on the look out for COVID-19 and spiking RSV cases in parts of the country.

Its really challenging for parents to tell the difference between seasonal allergies, common colds, and potentially the COVID virus and how its affecting kids, East Tennessee Childrens Hospitals Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Joe Childs, told WATE. Symptoms between RSV and other viruses, even COVID, are almost identical.

Dr. Childs said COVID-19 and RSV case numbers are remaining high, were seeing all these other respiratory viruses were used to seeing in the winter right now because over the course of the winter we just didnt see it. With people being much more separate, no worldwide travel, masks being used a lot more, it just protected us from having that kind of season while we were protecting ourselves against COVID-19.

Now, the changing of seasons has some people concerned about whether their sniffles are from fall allergies or something more severe.

As the fall pollen season starts, which is especially weeds that are pollinating right now, if you are especially sensitive avoid being outside as much as possible until your past that pollination period, Childs said.

As a first step toward protecting yourself and your children, Childs recommends testing when someone in the immediate family falls ill.

Childs said social distancing, masking, and washing your hands are always the best practices to keeping from getting sick, but if you do come down with a cough, Anytime a family member is ill with respiratory symptoms, they need to avoid close contact with the very youngest of children.

He adds that right now is the best time to get your COVID-19 vaccine if you havent gotten it already, but getting your flu shot can wait. The protection you want from the flu vaccine, it would be best to wait until its closer to when the flu is going to arrive here to get that protection.

Lastly, he says if you feel sick, your first call should be to your primary care provider. Doctors say when it comes to allergies, antihistamines can be very effective.Monoclonal antibody infusionsare also effective for people who find themselves with COVID-19, are at high risk, and older than 12.

These are the common symptoms of allergies, according to National Jewish Health:

Some allergy symptoms, like nasal congestion or runny nose, also can be symptoms of viral infections such as a cold or COVID-19.

Allergies generally will not affect the lungs, but can trigger asthma in people with allergic asthma. Allergies also typically do not cause a fever or extreme fatigue, according to the National Jewish Health.

According to the World Health Organization, the most common symptoms of COVID-19 are:

Other symptoms that are less common and may affect some patients include:

Symptoms of severe COVID19 disease include:

Other less common symptoms are:

This list does not include all possible symptoms.

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Illinois health officials on Friday reported 21,787 new COVID-19 cases in the past week, along with 239additional deaths and over 135,000 new vaccine doses administered.

In all, 1,612,129 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the state since the pandemic began, according to the latest data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. The additional deaths reported this week bring the state to 24,783 confirmed COVID fatalities.

The state has administered 797,018 tests since last Friday, officials said, bringing the total to more than 31 million tests conducted during the pandemic.

The states seven-day positivity rate on all tests dropped to 2.7% from last week 4.4% and 4.5% the week before, officials said. The rolling average seven-day positivity rate for cases as a percentage of total tests also dropped to 3.7% from 4.1% last week and 5.1% the week before.

Over the past seven days, a total of 135,598doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered to Illinois residents. The latest figures brought the states average down to 19,371 daily vaccination doses over the last week, per IDPH data.

More than 14.4 million vaccine doses have been administered in Illinois since vaccinations began in December. More than 63% of adult residents in the state are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with more than 80% receiving at least one dose.

As of midnight Thursday, 1,926 patients were hospitalized due to COVID in the state. Of those patients, 474are in ICU beds, and 252are on ventilators.

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Four more Mainers have died as health officials on Saturday reported another 603coronavirus cases across the state.

Saturdays report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 87,189,according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Thats up from 86,586 on Friday.

Of those, 62,365have been confirmed positive, while 24,824were classified as probable cases, the Maine CDC reported.

Two men and two women in their 60s and 70s from Aroostook, Cumberland, Kennebec and Oxford counties have succumbed to the virus, bringing the statewide death toll to 1,013.

The number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in the past 14 days statewide is 6,679. This is an estimation of the current number of active cases in the state, as the Maine CDC is no longer tracking recoveries for all patients. Thats up from 6,657 on Friday.

The new case rate statewide Saturday was 4.51 cases per 10,000 residents, and the total case rate statewide was 651.44.

Maines seven-day average for new coronavirus cases is 470.1, up from 465.9 the day before, down from 485.3 a week ago and up from 174.1 a month ago. That average peaked on Jan. 14 at 625.3.

The most cases have been detected in Mainers younger than 20, while Mainers over 80 years old make up the majority of deaths. More cases and deaths have been recorded in women than men.

So far, 2,454 Mainers have been hospitalized at some point with COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Of those, 235 are currently hospitalized, with 84 in critical care and 36 on a ventilator. Overall, 42 out of 341 critical care beds and 185 out of 299 ventilators are available.

The total statewide hospitalization rate on Saturday was 18.34 patients per 10,000 residents.

Cases have been reported in Androscoggin (9,488), Aroostook (3,160), Cumberland (19,827), Franklin (1,759), Hancock (2,106), Kennebec (8,118), Knox (1,576), Lincoln (1,504), Oxford (4,289), Penobscot (9,980), Piscataquis (1,033), Sagadahoc (1,690), Somerset (3,340), Waldo (2,008), Washington (1,307) and York (16,004) counties.

An additional 1,386 vaccine doses were administered in the previous 24 hours. As of Saturday, 867,995 Mainers are fully vaccinated, or about 73.3 percent of eligible Mainers, according to the Maine CDC.

New Hampshire reported 744 new cases on Saturday and three deaths. Vermont reported 242 new cases and three deaths, while Massachusetts reported 1,920 new cases and 14 deaths.

As of Saturday afternoon, the coronavirus had sickened 42,874,839 people in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as caused 687,572 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.

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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) David McCray administers a COVID-19 shot as Salt Lake Citys west-side residents get the opportunity to get vaccinated while also picking up a new winter coat and shoes for their children, thanks to a partnership among Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Education Foundation, Salt Lake City School District, Salt Lake County Health, Operation Warm and Intermountain Healthcare at Rose Park Elementary on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021.

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During this pandemic, Ive truly appreciated is how well the Utah Department of Health compiles and displays coronavirus data. Utahs dashboard really is one of the better ones in the nation, and it shows information that a lot of states dont and Ill leave it up to you to decide whether those states are intentionally hiding their data or just ineffectually managing it.

For example, half the states, 25, compile data on breakthrough coronavirus cases. Only 15 update that data on at least a weekly basis. And Utah, fortunately, is one of those 15.

Oddly enough, counting the number of breakthrough cases, hospitalizations and deaths times the vaccine didnt work is a really effective way of telling the story of just how well the vaccine does its job. When negative outcomes are so widely happening in one group vs. another, it becomes really, really obvious just how effective being vaccinated is.

Let me show you whats going on in our state.

Well start simply. Heres the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths per million person-days since Feb 1. (Whats a person-day? Well, its just the number of people times the number of days, which allows you to calculate the rate at which something happens to people. That makes sense as a method of comparison, because different people were vaccinated at different times.)

In other words, unvaccinated people in Utah have been between 4.4 times and 5.1 times more likely to get COVID-19, be hospitalized, or die because of it than vaccinated people in the past eight months.

OK, pretty straightforward. But thats obviously been changing, right? After all, youve heard a lot recently (including from me, by the way) about vaccine efficacy declining as time passes. Given that the majority of those vaccinated got their shots in March, April and May, five to seven months ago, arent we likely to see that gap shrink?

Not so fast! It turns out that the gap has actually been growing. In other words, were seeing the multiplier the ratio of coronavirus cases among the unvaccinated when compared to the vaccinated increase over the past month.

Why is that? Well, coronavirus spread happens exponentially. Because the vaccine prevents most cases and makes other cases more mild, the contagion coefficient is higher in mostly unvaccinated communities compared to mostly vaccinated ones.

OK, slow down. Whats the contagion coefficient? you ask.

Consider the delta variant. It has a contagion coefficient of between five and nine, meaning that, without an intervention, the average infected person would share their sickness with five to nine people. Now, lets look at some localized data.

Utahs most vaccinated health district, by far, is Summit Countys. Impressively, 82.5% of people there have received at least one dose. Meanwhile, the two least-vaccinated health districts are Central Utah (covering Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier and Wayne counties), in which 39.6% of people have received one dose; and TriCounty (covering Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah counties), in which 36.4% of people have received one dose.

If a coronavirus case happens in Central Utah, about 40% of the people around the infected person will have received at least one dose of the vaccine, leaving three to five completely susceptible people. But in Summit County, 83% of the people around the initially infected person will have been vaccinated, eliminating most of the targets of spread and resulting in nearly linear case growth.

When you compare the seven-day case rates in each health district, you can see the differences:

You can see how the cases just quickly spiked in the Central Utah and TriCounty areas, while staying much flatter in Summit County. Thats because, with a much larger pool of unvaccinated targets to potentially infect, the virus spreads from one sick person to many others much more quickly.

But each area of Utah has an impact on the others, especially when it comes to coronavirus hospitalizations. As rural hospitals fill up, theyll often transfer patients to hospitals in more populated (and more vaccinated) parts of the state, hospitals called referral centers. In fact, patients are even transferred from St. George all the way to Salt Lake County, as my colleagues Erin Alberty and Scott Pierce wrote. As a result, even those in very vaccinated locations of the state may have their medical care impacted, postponed or denied by those who remained unvaccinated and made themselves susceptible to COVID-19.

Right now, our referral center hospitals are at 93.9% capacity, well above the 85% capacity limit in which intensive care units still can guarantee admission. Thats especially taxing, given a nurse and doctor shortage, as many have grown frustrated by ... well, see the above statistics ... and left the profession to seek other jobs.

While my frustration doesnt compare to that of the medical professionals, I feel it, too. For months, Ive been explaining to folks how the vaccine works. Ive shown the data, comparing the risk of bad outcomes from the virus to the minuscule risk of side effects. For those who had a choice of which vaccine to get, perhaps paralysis by analysis, I created a guide to the pros and cons of each. I answered the frequently asked questions of those in my inbox who hadnt received the vaccine. Still, I hope and work for progress. Maybe thats irrational, but what else can I do?

It is absolutely critical that more of our state become vaccinated critical enough that essentially any policy action on the table that leads to more vaccinations is a good one. Instead of fighting progress on vaccinations, our state should support them, however possible.

Andy Larsen is The Salt Lake Tribunes data columnist. You can reach him at alarsen@sltrib.com.

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This week in coronavirus: Infections are finally falling. Deaths are not.  The Tennessean

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Nurse Therese Brennan on the phone with a parent in her office at Rogers Park Elementary School on Friday Sep. 17, 2021. (Matthew Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

It was shortly after 9:30 a.m. at Rogers Park Elementary School last week and nurse Therese Brennan was on the phone with a parent, telling her she couldnt accept a result from an at-home COVID-19 test.

He does need to get the PCR test or molecular one, she explained. They work better.

Brennan or Nurse T as her students call her is getting a lot of questions from families about the coronavirus, including about testing, symptoms, possible exposure and when to quarantine.

Its her 13th year as a school nurse, and she said shes busier than ever.

The coronavirus has transformed her job at the Anchorage School District. As the city wades through its worst coronavirus surge yet, driven by the super contagious delta variant, Brennan has become a go-to source of information for her schools families. Shes checking emails from them all the time before she goes to bed, first thing in the morning, on the weekends.

People think of these questions, you know, in the middle of the night, she said. So Im working more. It is a lot more busy. But there just needs to be a lot of communication.

Her sentence was punctuated by a dinging noise on her laptop.

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School nurses like Brennan across the district are in the middle of a complicated balancing act trying to manage COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, plus all their other typical tasks, like giving out medication, monitoring diabetic students and testing students hearing.

The school nurses are working extremely hard, said Jen Patronas, the districts senior director of Healthcare Services. They are working tirelessly.

By Thursday evening, about a month into the school year, the district had tallied roughly 1,750 cases or about 3.5% of all staff and students. And about 1% had an active COVID-19 infection.

Patronas said given the spread of coronavirus in the community, those totals arent surprising.

We actually expected the numbers to be a little bit higher, she said. But I think that students being in school, where were structured, we have mitigation measures, were masking universally, except for when were eating and drinking, is actually helpful, because its a safe place for students to be.

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Districtwide, since the school year started, the virus has prompted five classrooms to temporarily transition to online learning. No entire school has had to stop in-person learning, according to a district spokeswoman.

Patronas said nurses play a big role in keeping the virus from spreading through schools.

They help with COVID-19 testing, plus responding to infections, she said. If a student tests positive, the nurse helps track down their close contacts, like who they were sitting next to at lunch.

Even though students considered close contacts dont have to quarantine anymore, they still must get notified of the possible exposure, said Patronas.

On top of that, she said, school nurses are on the lookout for symptoms.

Before COVID, the school nurses main role was to keep kids in school, or to get them back into class as quickly as possible, she said. And now their role has changed significantly to: If theyre sick, lets get them home as quickly as possible.

To track the students who have COVID-19 or who may have it, the district has a massive database that shows who has tested positive, who is quarantining, who is a close contact and who has provided proof of a negative test.

Patronas said the system is working well.

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As COVID-19 overwhelms the citys hospitals, she said she doesnt feel like schools are nearing any sort of breaking point. But, she said, school nurses are having to prioritize more, focusing on caring for students who are ill or injured first.

And the other things that we typically put a lot of priority on, like making sure immunizations are up to date, making sure that the students have vision and hearing exams, were telling them to just put those on the backburner for right now, she said.

Back at Rogers Park Elementary, nurse Brennan said the school has had roughly 10 COVID-19 cases in the past month. Like Patronas, she said she also thinks face masks are a big help.

Im so happy with our teachers, theyre so wonderful about getting the kids to keep their masks on, she said. And that said, Im really happy with the kids being so awesome about keeping their masks on.

Between calling parents and answering emails about COVID-19 last week, Brennan also talked to a student with a stomachache, another with an earache and another with a scratchy throat who she decided to send home. Plus, she called in a trio of students to test their hearing.

That all happened in about an hour, as she tried to fit everything in.

Nothing has been cut out yet just, you know, maybe things take a little bit longer, she said. And so we need to give ourselves grace and give each other grace and just get through these things a little bit slower than we normally would.

Even with the additional work and busy days, Brennan said the word shed use to describe her job is exciting. Shes happy to be back in school with students.

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More than 250 coronavirus outbreaks have been reported at schools across Illinois, with several involving more than a dozen cases at educational institutions, according to statewide data.

The latest figures from the Illinois Department of Public Health show 257 outbreaks are active at Illinois schools as of Friday, including 31 in Cook County alone.

Ogle, Winnebago, Knox, LaSalle, McLean, Peoria, Mason, Sangamon, St. Clair, Will, DuPage, Kane, McHenry and Cook counties all had increases in school outbreaks over the past seven days, according to the data.

The following Illinois schools are reporting outbreaks of more than 16 cases: East St. Louis Senior High School in St. Clair County, Bunker Hill Schools and Staunton Community USD #6 in Macoupin County, Carlyle School in Clinton County, Okawville Grade School in Washington County and Field School in Cook County.

Though some schools offer case trackers of their own, IDPHreleases data each weekshowing COVID outbreaks from the previous 30 days at schools across the state.

According to the health department, outbreak information is reported once an investigation is considered complete. An outbreak is defined as "those that have been identified by the local health department to have two or more COVID-19 cases who may have a shared exposure on school grounds and are from different households."

Here is a full list of school outbreaks reported by state officials.

DeKalb County 5 outbreaks

Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School (5-10 cases)

Little John Elementary School (Less than 5 cases)

Sycamore Middle School (Less than 5 cases)

Sycamore Middle School (Less than 5 cases)

Sycamore Middle School (Less than 5 cases)

Ogle County 10 outbreaks

Highland Elementary School (5-10 cases)

Highland Elementary School (Less than 5 cases)

Highland Elementary School (Less than 5 cases)

Mary Morgan Elementary School (Less than 5 cases)

Meridian Junior High School (Less than 5 cases)

Oregon Elementary School (Less than 5 cases)

Reagan Middle School (5-10 cases)

Stillman Valley High School (Less than 5 cases)

Stillman Valley High School (Less than 5 cases)

Stillman Valley High School (5-10 cases)

Winnebago County 2 outbreaks

Durand/Pecatonia Co-Op (5-10 cases)

Hononegah High School (5-10 cases)

Henry County 3 outbreaks

Cambridge Elementary School (5-10 cases)

Central Junior High School (Less than 5 cases)

Geneseo High School (Less than 5 cases)

Knox County 5 outbreaks

Abingdon Avon Middle School (Less than 5 cases)

Galesburg High School (5-10 cases)

Hedding Grade School (5-10 cases)

Knoxville High School (Less than 5 cases)

Steele Elementary School (Less than 5 cases)

LaSalle County 7 outbreaks

LaSalle Peru High School (Less than 5 cases)

Leland CUSD 1 (16+ cases)

Lincoln Junior High School (5-10 cases)

Northlawn Junior High (5-10 cases)

Northville Elementary (5-10 cases)

Seneca Grade School (Less than 5 cases)

St. Michael the Archangel Catholic School (Less than 5 cases)

Livingston County 3 outbreaks

Chatsworth School (5-10 cases)

Prairie Central East (5-10 cases)

Saunemin Grade School (5-10 cases)

McLean County 5 outbreaks

Benjamin Elementary School (Less than 5 cases)

Bloomington Junior High School (Less than 5 cases)

Hudson Elementary School (Less than 5 cases)

Ridgeview Elementary School (Less than 5 cases)

Trinity Lutheran School(Less than 5 cases)

Mercer County 3 outbreaks

Mercer County High School (5-10 cases)

Mercer County High School (5-10 cases)

Mercer County High School (5-10 cases)

Peoria County 2 outbreak

St. Jude Catholic School (Less than 5 cases)

St. Philomena School (Less than 5 cases)

Rock Island 3 outbreaks

Andalusia Elementary School (Less than 5 cases)

Bicentennial Elementary School (Less than 5 cases)

Rock Island High School (Less than 5 cases)

Greene County 1 outbreak

North Greene Elementary School (5-10 cases)

Logan County 1 outbreak

Northwest Elementary School (Less than 5 cases)

Macoupin County 7 outbreaks

Ben-Gil Elementary School (Less than 5 cases)

Bunker Hill Schools (16+ cases)

Carlinville High School CUSD #1 (Less than 5 cases)

Gillespie CUSD #7 (Less than 5 cases)

Mount Olive School (Less than 5 cases)

North Macoupin Schools (11-16 cases)

Staunton Community USD #6 (16+ cases)

Mason County 2 outbreaks

Havana High School (Less than 5 cases)

Midwest Central CUSD #191 (11-16 cases)

Sangamon County 18 outbreaks

Auburn School Pre-K (Less than 5 cases)

Ball Charter School (5-10 cases)

Chatham High School (Less than 5 cases)

Iles School (Less than 5 cases)

Jefferson Middle School (Less than 5 cases)

Lamphier High School (Less than 5 cases)

Pleasant Plains Middle School (Less than 5 cases)

Pleasant Plains Middle School (5-10 cases)

Pleasant Plains Middle School (5-10 cases)

Pleasant Plains Middle School (Less than 5 cases)

Pleasant Plains Middle School (Less than 5 cases)

Scott County 1 outbreak

Winchester Grade School (5-10 cases)

Clinton County 1 outbreak

Carlyle School (16+ cases)

Madison County 9 outbreaks

Alton Middle School (Less than 5 cases)

Central Elementary (Less than 5 cases)

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