State ready to reopen, but don't throw away that mask just yet
The state is issuing guidelines for reopening next week, more than 14 months after Gov....
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The state is issuing guidelines for reopening next week, more than 14 months after Gov....
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday released guidelines for Phase 5 of the...
Illinois is on track to shed all remaining COVID-19 business restrictions and fully...
Chicago is seeing a rolling seven-day average of 135 new COVID cases per day, which is down 44% from last week and under the 200 cases per day metric that the city's health officials have long said would indicate that the pandemic's spread is more under control. Hospitalizations are down 57% from the prior week as of Thursday and deaths are down to an average of four per day, city data shows. The percent positivity in coronavirus testing was at 2.0% Wednesday - which Lightfoot highlighted as the city's lowest rate since March 2020. "We know the vaccine is safe and works," Lightfoot tweete...
Barring a significant rise in COVID-19 metrics, Illinois could lift all capacity limitations and fully reopening its economy as soon as June 11.