Also happening today, police departments in the Chicago area are making some procedural changes to try to keep officers from contracting COVID-19; the Mayor of south suburban Blue Island shut down the city's police department on Sunday after learning a member of the force had tested positive for coronavirus; as students begin another week out of their classrooms, a local makers space for kids is preparing more distance learning; and much more.

Also happening today, three more members of the Chicago Police Department tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend; Illinois' small businesses can tap into $250 million in loan interest bridge loans as soon as this week to help push through the pandemic; people were evacuated Sunday from a Meijer's store in McHenry after a shopper dropped homemade hand sanitizer in the store; and much more.

In other top stories tonight: All suburban mosques, are now closed temporarily; the state now has two testing sites specifically for those on the front lines; A Chicago Alderman suggests a furlough for elected officials to pay for protective gear for first responders; and more.

In more morning news: It's quite an adjustment to live most of your life in doors...and residents and police are trying to adjust; the City of Aurora is suspending all parking tickets throughout the City; A Chicago university confirms its first case of coronavirus; and more.

In other top stories tonight: The city and social service agencies gave an update this morning on the response to the coronavirus; people deemed "essential workers" are still expected to report to work; private jets pilots are finding plenty of work during the coronavirus outbreak; and more.

Governor Pritzker has ordered people in Illinois to not go out of their homes, except for essential travel and essential workers, starting at 5 pm today. Also happening today: grocery stores will remain open; the Advocate Aurora Health hospital system has suspended the program; the coronavirus pandemic has canceled hundreds of flights in Chicago; these stores and more.

In other top stories tonight: There's a run on some grocery stores; preschool student in Bartlett diagnosed with COVID-19; Indiana delays primary; and more.

Also happening today, Mayor Lightfoot said she is shutting down City Hall to the public; although the COVID-19 outbreak has been hitting mostly older people, a student at a preschool on the northwest suburbs has now been diagnosed as positive; scammers are using coronavirus as an excuse to get into your home and there is warning now from Morton Grove Police; and much more.

Also happening today, a student at a preschool in northwest suburban Bartlett has been diagnosed with the coronavirus; physicians and other medical professionals with Northwestern Medicine collaborated on a YouTube video urging everyone to take the coronavirus seriously; the Archdiocese of Chicago has extended its cancellation of public masses in Cook and Lake Counties, and that’ll mean no masses on Easter Sunday; a Southwest Side shelter for victims of domestic violence is concerned that coronavirus is forcing people to make a risky choice; and much more.

Three more have died. In other top stories this evening: two ER doctors test positive for COVID-19; blood donors needed at banks; and more.