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Health experts warn that while masks are largely gone in most indoor settings these day, the pandemic isn't over just yet. "Could there be clusters of cases, especially because of no mask requirement? I can't predict how much of that is going to have an impact," one said.
Health experts warn that while masks are largely gone in most indoor settings these day, the pandemic isn't over just yet. "Could there be clusters of cases, especially because of no mask requirement? I can't predict how much of that is going to have an impact," one said.
The state's seven-day COVID-19 case positivity rate dips into single digits for the first time since Dec. 29. "We expect over the next few weeks, it's going to decrease tremendously, but it's not going away," one expert says.
Patients in the hospital with COVID-19 came to 7,353 as of Monday night, the highest number since the pandemic began.
Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that states with lower COVID-19 vaccination rates experienced more deaths per capita in 2021. Here's where Illinois ranked, and how the state's results improved from 2020.