CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield June 4, 2024 15:05:00
We've seen it here in the chicago area, much like places across the country, a rise in cases. now, to give you context, last month, the positivity rate here in chicago was 0.4%. two weeks ago, it was 1%. now, it's a little over 3%. while that doesn't seem high, it's not the direction officials want to see things headed. significantly, we're now over 200 cases a day. the reason that is significant is because that's the threshold mayor lori lightfoot here said she would start to consider reinstating mask mandates. a little bit of deja vu because these decision points were something many of us th...