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Health data shows private homes, restaurants and bars, and hospitals and clinics are top sources of new infections

Post author:Pam G. Dempsey
Post published:December 22, 2020
Post category:CU-Covid19 Public Health

Outside of private homes, bars and restaurants have been the largest source of COVID-19 exposures among cases in Champaign County, according to data from the health district. In November and thus far in December, hospitals or clinics were the top source of COVID-19 exposure. The health district’s graphic shows 26% of reported COVID-19 cases - or 23 cases - within Champaign County were tied to a hospital or clinic in December. There were 112 cases tied to a hospital or clinic in November.

Read more about the article Gunfire incidents get closer to home for Holiday Park neighborhood

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Street scene in the Holiday Park area of Champaign, IL on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. View is looking south on Kenwood Road and Maplewood Drive. Photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access

Gunfire incidents get closer to home for Holiday Park neighborhood

Post author:Naomi Diaz / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 18, 2020
Post category:Neighborhoods

Residents of the Holiday Park neighborhood in west Champaign have been experiencing an increase in gun incidents, and residents say sounds of gunfire is now a ‘normality’ for this area. According to Tom Yelich, public information officer at the Champaign Police Department, there have been 174 shooting incidents as of November 23. This number is the highest the city has seen in the last five years.

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U Of I Data: Undergrads In Greek And Certified Housing Contracted COVID At Higher Rates Than Others

Post author:Lee Gaines / Illinois Newsroom and Christine Herman / Illinois Newsroom
Post published:December 10, 2020
Post category:CU-Covid19 Education Public Health

URBANA – Undergraduate students comprised the vast majority of COVID-19 cases at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the fall semester, with the highest infection rates occurring among students living in fraternities, sororities and other private, campus-certified housing.

Read more about the article Urbana launches open data portal

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Urbana's information technology director Sanford Hess, holds a tablet with the Urbana data portal in the server room at the city building on Thursday, March 5, 2015.

Urbana launches open data portal

Post author:Monique Archer / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:March 5, 2015
Post category:Technology

Access to Urbana police arrest data is now easier thanks to a new city website. Earlier this month, the City of Urbana launched an open data portal that allows the public to download data on the city’s finances, police arrests and incidents and even nuisance complaints.