The Chicago area could soon move into the “high” level of COVID-19 transmission, according to a new warning Tuesday from city health officials.
The Department of Public Health said that while the county, including Chicago, remains in the "medium community level", that could change soon based on case counts and hospitalizations.
The city’s test positivity rate rose from 4.9% last week to 6.2% this week, while the new daily case average rose from 922 last week to 1,172 this week, data showed.Arwady said Chicago would not necessarily see an immediate return of mask mandates until hospitalizations begin to rise significantly. Currently, Chicago is seeing 4.9 new hospitalizations per 100,000 people each week and less than four percent of hospital beds occupied by patients.
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