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Northwestern University’s Club Hockey and Synchronized Swimming teams as well as the school’s students and faculty will be given wide access to the City’s new $54 million Robert Crown Community under an agreement that some aldermen and residents maintained contained hazy details.
In one of the last major actions of the current City Council, aldermen voted 7-2 at their April 26 meeting in favor of a partnership agreement with Northwestern for the University’s use of the new community center, located at Main Street and Dodge Avenue.
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COVID-19 Update on April 29: Seven New Cases in Evanston, 3,394 in the State. The City’s COVID-19 vaccine dashboard reports that as of April 26, 75.6% of Evanston residents 16 and older have received at least one dose of a vaccine to prevent COVID-19, and 48.2% are fully vaccinated.
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COVID-19 by the numbers: We are checking in with many sources to keep you updated on COVID-19 cases and vaccine information.
- Seven cases were reported yesterday in Evanston, and the seven-day average is 11.
- Northwestern University reported 59 new cases for the seven days ending Wednesday.
- The number of cases per 100,000 population over the past seven days is 104 in Evanston, 142 in suburban Cook County, and 159 in Illinois.
- Some 4.0 million or 31.1% of total Illinois residents are fully vaccinated.
- If current vaccination rates persist, half of all Illinois residents will be fully vaccinated by early June and 70%, the threshold at which some experts believe herd immunity is achieved for COVID-19, by mid-July.
Evanston Vax Facts: According to City figures, 76% of Evanston residents 16 and older have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 48% of residents 16 and older are fully vaccinated. Nearly 100% of residents 65 and older have received at least one dose and 89% are fully vaccinated. More details are available on the City’s Vaccine Dashboard.
Around the Web
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- The Math That Explains the End of the Pandemic. Exponential growth means case numbers can double in just a few days; exponential decay means case numbers can halve in the same amount of time.
- Free Store Opens in Rogers Park. A store providing free essential items and resources recently opened in Rogers Park for everyone — no questions asked.
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