The Chicago omicron peak has passed, officials said Wednesday, but COVID patients remain in hospitals.
CHICAGO -- Chicago has officially passed the peak of COVID-19 infections driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant, the city's top doctor announced Wednesday.
Arwady said the first indicator of progress was a decline in emergency room diagnoses of COVID-19, which peaked on Dec. 7. She added that test positivity in the city peaked on Jan. 1 and has been declining ever since. "We're confident seeing that big decrease both in cases and in positivity that this is not just an artifact of testing, but this is in fact a true peak," Arwady said.
"We have a very long way to go to be down to a place where this is manageable," Arwady said."You know, where we're 'living with COVID,' and I do think we'll be living with COVID for the long term."
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