Chicago's omicron peak has passed, Dr. Allison Arwady shared Wednesday in her weekly COVID-19 update.
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. Arwady said the omicron variant now makes up 99.3% of all COVID-19 cases in Chicago, with only 0.7% of cases attributed to delta.While the city's COVID metrics are improving, Arwady warned that the risk of infection remained high and urged residents to get vaccinated and continue wearing masks to slow the spread of the virus.
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